Fix code regression

Author: tharun571

environment-dev.yml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ dependencies:
   # Build dependencies
   - make
   - cmake
-  - cxx-compiler
+  - cxx-compiler=1.7.0
   # Host dependencies
   - xeus>=5.0.0
   - xeus-zmq>=3.0,<4.0
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ dependencies:
   - cpp-argparse <3.1
   - zlib
   # Test dependencies
-  - pytest=8.3.2
+  - pytest
   - jupyter_kernel_test>=0.5,<0.6
   - papermill
   - nbformat