diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
index 51fb46832d..90ccbaaa30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpackage.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jobs:
   python-check:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+        python-version: ["3.6", "3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
         platform: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 646da07854..219e669d1b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ typing-extensions = "^4.0.1"
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 ipython = "^7.2"
 # test
-pytest = "^5.0"
+pytest = "^6.2.5"
 pytest-cov = "^2.6"
 pytest-mock = "^2.0"
 codecov = "^2.0"
diff --git a/tests/commands/conftest.py b/tests/commands/conftest.py
index 46e9500365..3447b97422 100644
--- a/tests/commands/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/commands/conftest.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ def config():
     return _config
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()  # type: ignore
+@pytest.fixture()
 def changelog_path() -> str:
     return os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "CHANGELOG.md")
 
 
-@pytest.fixture()  # type: ignore
+@pytest.fixture()
 def config_path() -> str:
     return os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "pyproject.toml")