diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a4ea39a2..0bd2c6ddf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ tests-no-zope = [
   "hypothesis",
   "pympler",
   # 4.3.0 dropped last use of `convert`
-  # 8.0 broke something around warnings/exceptions
-  "pytest>=4.3.0,<8.0",
+  "pytest>=4.3.0",
   "pytest-xdist[psutil]",
   "attrs[tests-mypy]",
 ]
diff --git a/tests/test_funcs.py b/tests/test_funcs.py
index 044aaab2c..398ba3576 100644
--- a/tests/test_funcs.py
+++ b/tests/test_funcs.py
@@ -600,9 +600,7 @@ def test_unknown(self, C):
         AttrsAttributeNotFoundError.
         """
         # No generated class will have a four letter attribute.
-        with pytest.raises(
-            AttrsAttributeNotFoundError
-        ) as e, pytest.deprecated_call():
+        with pytest.raises(AttrsAttributeNotFoundError) as e:
             assoc(C(), aaaa=2)
 
         assert (f"aaaa is not an attrs attribute on {C!r}.",) == e.value.args