diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-nose
+pytest
diff --git a/swh/archiver/tests/test_archiver.py b/swh/archiver/tests/test_archiver.py
--- a/swh/archiver/tests/test_archiver.py
+++ b/swh/archiver/tests/test_archiver.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+import pytest
 
 from swh.archiver import (ArchiverWithRetentionPolicyDirector,
                           ArchiverWithRetentionPolicyWorker)
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 from swh.archiver.tests import SQL_DIR
 
 
-@attr('db')
+@pytest.mark.db
 class TestArchiver(SingleDbTestFixture, unittest.TestCase):
     """ Test the objstorage archiver.
     """
diff --git a/swh/archiver/tests/test_checker.py b/swh/archiver/tests/test_checker.py
--- a/swh/archiver/tests/test_checker.py
+++ b/swh/archiver/tests/test_checker.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import tempfile
 import unittest
 
-from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
+import pytest
 
 from swh.archiver.checker import RepairContentChecker
 from swh.model import hashutil
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
             raise ObjNotFoundError(obj_id)
 
 
-@attr('fs')
+@pytest.mark.fs
 class TestRepairChecker(unittest.TestCase):
     """ Test the content integrity checker
     """