diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/noxfile.py b/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/noxfile.py
index 8f68486cd3a3..d3c06980b9c2 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/noxfile.py
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-bigtable/noxfile.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 SYSTEM_TEST_PYTHON_VERSIONS: List[str] = ["3.10", "3.14"]
 SYSTEM_TEST_STANDARD_DEPENDENCIES: List[str] = [
     "mock",
-    "pytest",
+    "pytest<9",
     "google-cloud-testutils",
 ]
 SYSTEM_TEST_EXTERNAL_DEPENDENCIES: List[str] = [