diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index df568d767..bf3780e27 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 flake8
 six
-pytest==3.2.5 # for 2.7 < PYTHON_VERSION <= 3.2 use pytest 2.9.2; for 3.1 2.10
+pytest==9.0.3 # for 2.7 < PYTHON_VERSION <= 3.2 use pytest 2.9.2; for 3.1 2.10