diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 873b60ce91..b79f6f1182 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 BLACK_VERSION = "black==22.3.0"
 ISORT_VERSION = "isort==5.12.0"
+
+# pytest-retry is not yet compatible with pytest 8.x.
+# https://github.com/str0zzapreti/pytest-retry/issues/32
+PYTEST_VERSION = "pytest<8.0.0dev"
 SPHINX_VERSION = "sphinx==4.5.0"
 LINT_PATHS = ["docs", "bigframes", "tests", "third_party", "noxfile.py", "setup.py"]
 
@@ -39,7 +43,7 @@
 UNIT_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES = [
     "mock",
     "asyncmock",
-    "pytest",
+    PYTEST_VERSION,
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-asyncio",
     "pytest-mock",
@@ -55,7 +59,7 @@
     "jinja2",
     "mock",
     "openpyxl",
-    "pytest",
+    PYTEST_VERSION,
     "pytest-cov",
     "pytest-retry",
     "pytest-timeout",