diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c6496e287c..32cceb4826 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -92,3 +92,7 @@ ignore = [
   "NPY002",  # new numpy random syntax is worse
 ]
 flake8-implicit-str-concat.allow-multiline=false
+
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-tidy-imports.banned-api]
+"pytest.main".msg = "pytest.main requires special handling that is easy to mess up!"
+"unittest".msg = "Use pytest"