diff --git a/contrib/pyln-testing/requirements.txt b/contrib/pyln-testing/requirements.txt
index 136442560..6dcd672f6 100644
--- a/contrib/pyln-testing/requirements.txt
+++ b/contrib/pyln-testing/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytest>=5.3.1
+pytest==5.*
 Flask==1.1.1
 cheroot==8.2.1
 ephemeral-port-reserve==1.1.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 77e43d96f..23dfd8f54 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pytest-benchmark==3.2.2
 pytest-forked==1.0.2
 pytest-timeout==1.3.3
 pytest-xdist==1.29.0
-pytest>=5.3.1
+pytest == 5.*
 python-bitcoinlib==0.10.2
 recommonmark>=0.6.0
 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.4.2