diff --git a/Sanity/smoke-test/runtest.sh b/Sanity/smoke-test/runtest.sh
index 8c50663..b8eb3c1 100755
--- a/Sanity/smoke-test/runtest.sh
+++ b/Sanity/smoke-test/runtest.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ rlJournalStart
             rlRun "dnf config-manager --set-enabled beaker-AppStream-source" 0-255
         fi
 
+        # in RHEL10, pytest is in CRB which is not enabled during tmt preparation phase
+        if rlIsRHEL ">=10"; then
+            rlRun "dnf install -y python3-pytest"
+        fi
+
         rlFetchSrcForInstalled $PACKAGE
         if rlIsRHEL "<=7"; then
             rlRun "yum-builddep -y $PACKAGE*"