diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index 7635429..db944ef 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-multipart==0.0.6",
     "email-validator==2.1.1",
     "sentry-sdk==1.38.0",
-    "pytest==7.4.4",
+    "pytest==9.0.3",
     "httpx==0.25.2",
     "python-dotenv==1.0.0",
      "requests==2.31.0",
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index ee9938b..095a021 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ email-validator==2.1.1
 sentry-sdk==1.38.0
 
 # Testing
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==9.0.3
 httpx==0.25.2
 ruff
 # asynctest deprecated