diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2f4c80e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+[pytest]
+asyncio_mode = auto
diff --git a/requirements_tests.txt b/requirements_tests.txt
index 32c66ede7..a38732331 100644
--- a/requirements_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements_tests.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ flake8==4.0.1
 pre-commit==2.19.0
 pydocstyle==6.1.1
 pylint==2.14.4
-pytest-aiohttp==0.3.0
-pytest-asyncio==0.12.0 # NB!: Versions over 0.12.0 breaks pytest-aiohttp (https://github.com/aio-libs/pytest-aiohttp/issues/16)
+pytest-aiohttp==1.0.4
+pytest-asyncio==0.18.3
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest-timeout==2.1.0
 pytest==7.1.2