diff --git a/docs/build/unreleased/1435.rst b/docs/build/unreleased/1435.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f9e4cd0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/build/unreleased/1435.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.. change::
+    :tags: bug, tests
+    :tickets: 1435
+
+    Fixes to support pytest 8.1 for the test suite.
diff --git a/tests/test_command.py b/tests/test_command.py
index c665f955..04a624ad 100644
--- a/tests/test_command.py
+++ b/tests/test_command.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def setup_class(cls):
     def teardown_class(cls):
         clear_staging_env()
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         self.cfg.set_main_option("revision_environment", "false")
 
     @classmethod
@@ -206,13 +206,12 @@ def test_history_indicate_current(self):
 
 
 class RevisionEnvironmentTest(_BufMixin, TestBase):
-    @classmethod
-    def setup(cls):
-        cls.env = staging_env()
-        cls.cfg = _sqlite_testing_config()
-        cls._setup_env_file()
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.env = staging_env()
+        self.cfg = _sqlite_testing_config()
+        self._setup_env_file()
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         self.cfg.set_main_option("revision_environment", "false")
         clear_staging_env()
 
@@ -1144,7 +1143,7 @@ def setup_class(cls):
         cls.cfg = _sqlite_testing_config()
         cls.a, cls.b, cls.c = three_rev_fixture(cls.cfg)
 
-    def teardown(self):
+    def tearDown(self):
         os.environ.pop("ALEMBIC_CONFIG", None)
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3b4c1ff7..4b0f082b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SQLA_REPO = {env:SQLA_REPO:git+https://github.com/sqlalchemy/sqlalchemy.git}
 [testenv]
 cov_args=--cov=alembic --cov-report term --cov-report xml
 
-deps=pytest>4.6
+deps=pytest>4.6,<8.2
      pytest-xdist
      sqla13: pytest<7
      sqla13: {[tox]SQLA_REPO}@rel_1_3#egg=sqlalchemy