[RELEASE-ONLY CHANGES] [Cherry-pick for 0.17] CI fix - Use pytest<8 in unittest jobs (#8240)

Author: NicolasHug

.github/scripts/unittest.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 eval "$($(which conda) shell.bash hook)" && conda deactivate && conda activate ci
 
 echo '::group::Install testing utilities'
-pip install --progress-bar=off pytest pytest-mock pytest-cov expecttest
+pip install --progress-bar=off "pytest<8" pytest-mock pytest-cov expecttest
 echo '::endgroup::'
 
 python test/smoke_test.py

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
         echo '::endgroup::'
 
         echo '::group::Install testing utilities'
-        pip install --progress-bar=off pytest
+        pip install --progress-bar=off "pytest<8"
         echo '::endgroup::'
 
         echo '::group::Run extended unittests'