diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c1f36f0..1f1bf6a9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ stac-validator https://raw.githubusercontent.com/radiantearth/stac-spec/master/e
 
 ## Requirements
 
-- Python 3.7+
+- Python 3.8+
   - Requests
   - Click
-  - Pytest
   - Jsonschema
 
 Note: Stac-validator is also used in stac-check which adds linting messages based on the official STAC best practices document.  
diff --git a/tests/test_validate_dict.py b/tests/test_validate_dict.py
index 74f42069..7a6c9a5d 100644
--- a/tests/test_validate_dict.py
+++ b/tests/test_validate_dict.py
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ def test_correct_validate_dict_return_method():
     stac = stac_validator.StacValidate()
     with open("tests/test_data/1rc2/extensions-collection/collection.json", "r") as f:
         good_stac = json.load(f)
-    if stac.validate_dict(good_stac) is True:
-        return True
+    assert stac.validate_dict(good_stac)
 
 
 def test_incorrect_validate_dict_return_method():
@@ -65,5 +64,4 @@ def test_incorrect_validate_dict_return_method():
     with open("tests/test_data/1rc2/extensions-collection/collection.json", "r") as f:
         good_stac = json.load(f)
         bad_stac = good_stac.pop("type", None)
-    if stac.validate_dict(bad_stac) is False:
-        return True
+    assert stac.validate_dict(bad_stac) is False