diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6432e1d2..457037be 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Flask
 Werkzeug
 Sphinx
-pytest<5.0.0
-pytest-cov<2.6.0
+pytest
+pytest-cov
 pytest-xprocess
 redis
 pylibmc
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 924fc689..199b26cc 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ def run_tests(self):
     platforms="any",
     install_requires=["Flask"],
     tests_require=[
-        "pytest<5.0.0",
-        "pytest-cov<2.6.0",
+        "pytest",
+        "pytest-cov",
         "pytest-xprocess",
         "pylibmc",
         "redis"