diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 847a55fece..50e1171fcf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -187,7 +187,9 @@ tests = [
     "mypy >=1.14.1",
     "pwdlib[argon2] >=0.2.1",
     "pyjwt >=2.9.0",
-    "pytest >=9.0.0",
+    # Remove this cap after requiring a pytest-xdist release with the fix for
+    # pytest >=9.2 loadgroup compatibility: https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist/pull/1388
+    "pytest >=9.0.0,<9.2",
     "pytest-codspeed >=4.3.0",
     "pyyaml >=5.3.1,<7.0.0",
     "sqlmodel >=0.0.31",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 42c8dfa312..0c4481ef90 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1113,7 +1113,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pydantic-ai", specifier = ">=0.4.10" },
     { name = "pygithub", specifier = ">=2.8.1" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.9.0" },
-    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.0" },
+    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.0,<9.2" },
     { name = "pytest-codspeed", specifier = ">=4.3.0" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-sugar", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ tests = [
     { name = "opentelemetry-sdk", specifier = ">=1.44.0" },
     { name = "pwdlib", extras = ["argon2"], specifier = ">=0.2.1" },
     { name = "pyjwt", specifier = ">=2.9.0" },
-    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.0" },
+    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.0,<9.2" },
     { name = "pytest-codspeed", specifier = ">=4.3.0" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = ">=4.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-sugar", specifier = ">=1.0.0" },