diff --git a/mne_connectivity/tests/test_envelope.py b/mne_connectivity/tests/test_envelope.py
index 56544fc5..e55d2987 100644
--- a/mne_connectivity/tests/test_envelope.py
+++ b/mne_connectivity/tests/test_envelope.py
@@ -204,4 +204,5 @@ def test_symmetric_orth(ndim, generator):
     Z_bad = Z.copy()
     Z_bad[0] = Z[1] + Z[2]
     with pytest.warns(RuntimeWarning, match="rank deficient"):
-        symmetric_orth(Z_bad)
+        with pytest.warns(RuntimeWarning, match="did not converge"):
+            symmetric_orth(Z_bad)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index aef5453e..8f1c3e98 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ test = [
   'mne-connectivity[gui]',
   'pandas',
   'pymatreader',
+  'pytest',
   'pytest-cov',
-  'pytest<8.0.0',
   'statsmodels',
 ]