diff --git a/tests/test_administration.py b/tests/test_administration.py
index 97230961176bf8cf1980d0a8ac3b6a9182d10d3b..e7940005df3deccaafe293f4dca6eeea6c2c7097 100644
--- a/tests/test_administration.py
+++ b/tests/test_administration.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from caosdb.exceptions import (ClientErrorException, HTTPAuthorizationException,
                                LoginFailedException, ResourceNotFoundException)
 from nose.tools import (assert_equal, assert_is_not_none, assert_raises,
                         assert_true)
+from pytest import raises
 
 test_role = "test_role"
 test_user = "test_user"