diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ with open(readme_file_path, "r") as f:
 global_requirements = ['pylint>=1.6,<2', 'psutil', 'jsonconversion~=0.2.9', 'yaml_configuration~=0.1',
                        'python-gtkmvc3-dlr~=1.0.0', 'gaphas~=1.0.0rc1', 'future>=0.16,<0.18.0']
 
-test_requirements = ['pytest', 'pytest-timeout', 'pytest-catchlog', 'pytest-mock', 'graphviz', 'pyuserinput']
+test_requirements = ['pytest>=3.5', 'pytest-timeout', 'pytest-mock', 'graphviz', 'pyuserinput']
 test_requirements += global_requirements
 
 setup(
chore(setup.py): Specify minimum pytest version, remove pytest-catchlog

* we have pytest <I> installed at the institute
* pytest-catchlog has been merged into pytest with version <I>