diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 37d3a35151..25d9b84860 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -22,6 +22,18 @@ exclude_also = [
     "if TYPE_CHECKING:",
 ]
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "-vvv -rfEs -s --durations=5 --cov=./sentry_sdk --cov-branch --cov-report= --tb=short --junitxml=.junitxml"
+asyncio_mode = "strict"
+asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "function"
+markers = [
+    "tests_internal_exceptions: Handle internal exceptions just as the SDK does, to test it. (Otherwise internal exceptions are recorded and reraised.)",
+]
+
+[tool.pytest-watch]
+verbose = true
+nobeep = true
+
 [tool.mypy]
 allow_redefinition = true
 check_untyped_defs = true
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 7edd6127b9..0000000000
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-[pytest]
-addopts = -vvv -rfEs -s --durations=5 --cov=./sentry_sdk --cov-branch --cov-report= --tb=short --junitxml=.junitxml
-asyncio_mode = strict
-asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = function
-markers = 
-    tests_internal_exceptions: Handle internal exceptions just as the SDK does, to test it. (Otherwise internal exceptions are recorded and reraised.)
-
-[pytest-watch]
-verbose = True
-nobeep = True
-; Enable this to drop into pdb on errors
-; pdb = True
diff --git a/requirements-devenv.txt b/requirements-devenv.txt
index c0fa5cf245..e5be6c7d77 100644
--- a/requirements-devenv.txt
+++ b/requirements-devenv.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements-linting.txt
 -r requirements-testing.txt
 mockupdb # required by `pymongo` tests that are enabled by `pymongo` from linter requirements
-pytest
+pytest>=6.0.0
+tomli;python_version<"3.11"  # Only needed for pytest on Python < 3.11
 pytest-asyncio
diff --git a/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements-testing.txt
index cbc515eec2..221863f4ab 100644
--- a/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 pip
-pytest
+pytest>=6.0.0
+tomli;python_version<"3.11"  # Only needed for pytest on Python < 3.11
 pytest-cov
 pytest-forked
 pytest-localserver