diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 03b4bfe5..2ce3e921 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
   "fakeredis == 2.34.1",
-  "pytest == 6.2.5",
+  "pytest == 9.0.3",
   "pytest-asyncio == 0.16.0",
   "pytest-dependency == 0.6.1",
   "pytest-mock == 3.6.1",