diff --git a/debian/tests/control b/debian/tests/control
index 3283c38087bb86ddbdecdb4a9966f8218afc1600..3e3cb3c9de4bd7eccdd20a7e0d7392a330fcb1a2 100644
--- a/debian/tests/control
+++ b/debian/tests/control
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Tests: python3-forge
 Depends:
  python3-all,
- python3-nose,
  python3-forge,
+ python3-pytest,
diff --git a/debian/tests/python3-forge b/debian/tests/python3-forge
index 7e353845ffb76a0950cd172f13619691151fff90..0ffd588043830564e06adb92ad32c1637c91630d 100755
--- a/debian/tests/python3-forge
+++ b/debian/tests/python3-forge
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ cp -a README.rst tests/ "$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP"
 cd "$AUTOPKGTEST_TMP/tests/"
 export PYTHONWARNINGS=d
 for py in $(py3versions -s); do
-  $py -m nose -v 2>&1
+  $py -m pytest -v 2>&1
 done