diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
index 3c918c7..0df6e30 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ We use basically standard rst-docstrings for Sphinx.
 Test
 ^^^^
 Try to write tests whenever possible. Our goal for the future is 100% coverage.
-We are currently using `nose` but might change in the future.
 You can copy the structure from other testcases. Please remember to adapt the docstrings.
 
 Further reading
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 1722cbf..33c8950 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -56,17 +56,12 @@ tests_require =
     pytest!=3.2.0,!=3.3.0
     pytest-cov
     pytest-mock
-    nose
     scripttest
     mock
     hypothesis>4
     flake8
     sphinxcontrib-spelling>=7.2.0
 
-[nosetests]
-verbosity=3
-with-doctest=1
-
 [flake8]
 exclude = .git,.tox,.github,.eggs,__pycache__,doc/conf.py,build,dist,capabilities-data,test,src/escpos/constants.py
 max-line-length = 120
diff --git a/test/test_function_dummy_clear.py b/test/test_function_dummy_clear.py
index 142a0a8..40ca9d4 100644
--- a/test/test_function_dummy_clear.py
+++ b/test/test_function_dummy_clear.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-from nose.tools import assert_raises
 from escpos.printer import Dummy
 
 
diff --git a/test/test_function_qr_native.py b/test/test_function_qr_native.py
index 8dfed74..876b38d 100644
--- a/test/test_function_qr_native.py
+++ b/test/test_function_qr_native.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 """
 
 
-from nose.tools import raises
 import pytest
 
 import escpos.printer as printer
@@ -66,25 +65,25 @@ def test_model():
     assert instance.output == expected
 
 
-@raises(ValueError)
 def test_invalid_ec():
     """Test invalid QR error correction"""
     instance = printer.Dummy()
-    instance.qr("1234", native=True, ec=-1)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        instance.qr("1234", native=True, ec=-1)
 
 
-@raises(ValueError)
 def test_invalid_size():
     """Test invalid QR size"""
     instance = printer.Dummy()
-    instance.qr("1234", native=True, size=0)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        instance.qr("1234", native=True, size=0)
 
 
-@raises(ValueError)
 def test_invalid_model():
     """Test invalid QR model"""
     instance = printer.Dummy()
-    instance.qr("1234", native=True, model="Hello")
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        instance.qr("1234", native=True, model="Hello")
 
 
 @pytest.mark.skip("this test has to be debugged")
@@ -103,11 +102,11 @@ def test_image():
     assert instance.output == expected
 
 
-@raises(ValueError)
 def test_image_invalid_model():
     """Test unsupported QR model as image"""
     instance = printer.Dummy()
-    instance.qr("1234", native=False, model=QR_MODEL_1)
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+        instance.qr("1234", native=False, model=QR_MODEL_1)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
diff --git a/test/test_functions.py b/test/test_functions.py
index 1b58ca5..d98336e 100644
--- a/test/test_functions.py
+++ b/test/test_functions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from nose.tools import assert_raises
+import pytest
 from escpos.printer import Dummy
 
 
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ def test_line_spacing_rest():
 
 def test_line_spacing_error_handling():
     printer = Dummy()
-    with assert_raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         printer.line_spacing(99, divisor=44)
-    with assert_raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         printer.line_spacing(divisor=80, spacing=86)
-    with assert_raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         printer.line_spacing(divisor=360, spacing=256)
-    with assert_raises(ValueError):
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         printer.line_spacing(divisor=180, spacing=256)
diff --git a/test/test_magicencode.py b/test/test_magicencode.py
index 5debbbe..c2e89d1 100644
--- a/test/test_magicencode.py
+++ b/test/test_magicencode.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 
 import pytest
-from nose.tools import raises, assert_raises
 from hypothesis import given, example
 import hypothesis.strategies as st
 from escpos.magicencode import MagicEncode, Encoder
@@ -32,9 +31,9 @@ class TestEncoder:
         assert not Encoder({"CP437": 1}).find_suitable_encoding("€")
         assert Encoder({"CP858": 1}).find_suitable_encoding("€") == "CP858"
 
-    @raises(ValueError)
     def test_get_encoding(self):
-        Encoder({}).get_encoding_name("latin1")
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            Encoder({}).get_encoding_name("latin1")
 
 
 class TestMagicEncode:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 1adcd45..c447b58 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ python =
     3.11: py311
 
 [testenv]
-deps = nose
-       jaconv
+deps = jaconv
        coverage
        scripttest
        mock