diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e9fc2fb..bb6cc65 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ classifiers = [
     "Framework :: Pytest",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "pytest>=5,<8",
+    "pytest>=5,<9",
     "coverage>=6,<8",
 ]
 
diff --git a/testmon/__init__.py b/testmon/__init__.py
index f00a5e6..24461c0 100644
--- a/testmon/__init__.py
+++ b/testmon/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 """PYTEST_DONT_REWRITE"""
-TESTMON_VERSION = "2.1.1.dev0"
+TESTMON_VERSION = "2.1.1"