diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index dac9cc9b..fda87973 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Tips
 
 To run a subset of tests::
 
-    tox -e envname -- py.test -k test_myfeature
+    tox -e envname -- pytest -k test_myfeature
 
 To run all the test environments in *parallel* (you need to ``pip install detox``)::
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/ci/templates/tox.ini b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/ci/templates/tox.ini
index 45605b85..15855cad 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/ci/templates/tox.ini
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/ci/templates/tox.ini
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ commands =
     python setup.py clean --all build_ext --force --inplace
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.test_runner == "pytest" %}
-    {posargs:py.test -vv --ignore=src}
+    {posargs:pytest -vv --ignore=src}
 {%- else %}
     {posargs:nosetests -v tests}
 {%- endif %}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ commands =
     python setup.py clean --all build_ext --force --inplace
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.test_runner == "pytest" %}
-    {posargs:py.test --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv}
+    {posargs:pytest --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv}
 {%- else %}
     {posargs:nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ cookiecutter.package_name }}}
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/tox.ini b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/tox.ini
index 1f2b7422..696412d2 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/tox.ini
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/tox.ini
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ commands =
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.test_runner == "pytest" %}
     {%- if cookiecutter.test_matrix_separate_coverage == 'yes' %}
-    nocov: {posargs:py.test -vv --ignore=src}
-    cover: {posargs:py.test --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv}
+    nocov: {posargs:pytest -vv --ignore=src}
+    cover: {posargs:pytest --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv}
     {%- else %}
-    {posargs:py.test --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv tests}
+    {posargs:pytest --cov --cov-report=term-missing -vv tests}
     {%- endif %}
 {%- else %}
     {%- if cookiecutter.test_matrix_separate_coverage == 'yes' %}