diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pytest-8.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pytest-8.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..de863194c38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-pytest-8.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - Add a work-around for permission denied errors when using ``pytest >= 8`` on multi-user systems with an installed version of ``ansible-test``.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/units/__init__.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/units/__init__.py
index 78dd8498156..71ce5c4d0b7 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/units/__init__.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/commands/units/__init__.py
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ def command_units(args: UnitsConfig) -> None:
             '--junit-xml', os.path.join(ResultType.JUNIT.path, 'python%s-%s-units.xml' % (python.version, test_context)),
             '--strict-markers',  # added in pytest 4.5.0
             '--rootdir', data_context().content.root,
+            '--confcutdir', data_context().content.root,  # avoid permission errors when running from an installed version and using pytest >= 8
         ]  # fmt:skip
 
         if not data_context().content.collection: