From f6c08046bbab13d9ff07215cf67ca75e85420609 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthonios Partheniou <partheniou@google.com>
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2025 14:03:06 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] tests: pin pytest to workaround compatibility issue with
 pytest-xdist

---
 noxfile.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 2457382fb..194e7ce8f 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ def default(session, install_extras=True):
 
     # Install all test dependencies, then install local packages in-place.
     session.install(
-        "pytest",
+        # TODO(https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/issues/1273): Remove once this bug is fixed
+        "pytest<9",
         "google-cloud-testutils",
         "pytest-cov",
         "pytest-xdist",