diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index cd0c8ea..53295e6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ coverage==4.5.3
 Sphinx==2.0.1
 twine==1.13.0
 
-pytest==4.5.0
+pytest==5.4.3
 pytest-runner==4.4
 pytest-cov==2.7.1