diff --git a/testing/test_xfail_behavior.py b/testing/test_xfail_behavior.py
index 15edd93..d4e5ee7 100644
--- a/testing/test_xfail_behavior.py
+++ b/testing/test_xfail_behavior.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 IS_PYTEST4_PLUS = int(pytest.__version__[0]) >= 4  # noqa: WPS609
 FAILED_WORD = "FAILED" if IS_PYTEST4_PLUS else "FAIL"
 PYTEST_GTE_7_2 = hasattr(pytest, "version_tuple") and pytest.version_tuple >= (7, 2)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+PYTEST_GTE_8_0 = hasattr(pytest, "version_tuple") and pytest.version_tuple >= (8, 0)  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.skipif(  # pylint: disable=invalid-name
     not hasattr(os, "fork"),  # noqa: WPS421
@@ -60,12 +61,10 @@ def test_xfail(is_crashing, is_strict, testdir):
     if expected_lowercase == "xpassed":
         # XPASS wouldn't have the crash message from
         # pytest-forked because the crash doesn't happen
-        short_test_summary = " ".join(
-            (
-                short_test_summary,
-                "The process gets terminated",
-            )
-        )
+        if PYTEST_GTE_8_0:
+            short_test_summary += " -"
+        short_test_summary += " The process gets terminated"
+
     reason_string = (
         f"reason: The process gets terminated; "
         f"pytest-forked reason: "