diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index c42004831a..06657e4eaa 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ toxworkdir={env:TOX_WORK_DIR:.tox}
 
 [testenv]
 deps =
-	# < 7.2 due to pypa/distutils#186
-	pytest < 7.2
+	# pypa/distutils#186; workaround for pytest-dev/pytest#10447
+	pytest @ git+https://github.com/RonnyPfannschmidt/pytest@fix-10447-maker-mro-order-needs-reverse
 
 	pytest-flake8
 	# workaround for tholo/pytest-flake8#87