diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index a3dc814..1a3c4d6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ Sphinx==1.8.5
 twine==1.14.0
 meshio==4.3.11
 
-pytest==4.6.5
+pytest==8.1.1
 pytest-runner==5.1