diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-36-minimum_versions.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-36-minimum_versions.yaml
index 9f66f82720b5b..f5af7bcf36189 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-36-minimum_versions.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-36-minimum_versions.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies:
 
   # tools
   - cython=0.29.16
-  - pytest>=5.0.1, <6.0.0rc0
+  - pytest=5.0.1
   - pytest-xdist>=1.21
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
   - pytest-azurepipelines