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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cbe85081..01dbf70e 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
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 pytest = ">=9.0.2,<10"
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 # NOTE: don't add cupy, jax, pytorch, or sparse here,
 # as they slow down mypy and are not portable across target OSs