diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index d62cdc7..a4bd13e 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ url = "https://pypi.org/simple"
 verify_ssl = true
 
 [dev-packages]
-pytest = "==7.2.0"
+pytest = "==8.1.1"
 responses = "==0.20.0"
 mock = "==4.0.3"
 unittest2 = "==1.1.0"
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ gevent = "==21.12.0"
 pyjwt = "==2.4.0"
 ibm-db = "==3.1.1"
 detect-secrets = {ref = "0.13.1+ibm.56.dss", git = "https://github.com/ibm/detect-secrets.git"}
-pytest = "==7.2.0"
+pytest = "==8.1.1"
 Werkzeug = "== 2.2.3"
 
 [requires]
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 7454ad0..03d10c9 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "dc51df5c4f9a41ed619da78a91af10964c7f9c08f865f7da9070919950a1d4c1"
+            "sha256": "ad3307bbafb8082313e0071582dd0e278e82f038bff473e48966637b34fdacdd"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@
         },
         "exceptiongroup": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:232c37c63e4f682982c8b6459f33a8981039e5fb8756b2074364e5055c498c9e",
-                "sha256:d484c3090ba2889ae2928419117447a14daf3c1231d5e30d0aae34f354f01785"
+                "sha256:4bfd3996ac73b41e9b9628b04e079f193850720ea5945fc96a08633c66912f14",
+                "sha256:91f5c769735f051a4290d52edd0858999b57e5876e9f85937691bd4c9fa3ed68"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version < '3.11'",
-            "version": "==1.1.1"
+            "version": "==1.2.0"
         },
         "flask": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -470,19 +470,19 @@
         },
         "packaging": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:994793af429502c4ea2ebf6bf664629d07c1a9fe974af92966e4b8d2df7edc61",
-                "sha256:a392980d2b6cffa644431898be54b0045151319d1e7ec34f0cfed48767dd334f"
+                "sha256:2ddfb553fdf02fb784c234c7ba6ccc288296ceabec964ad2eae3777778130bc5",
+                "sha256:eb82c5e3e56209074766e6885bb04b8c38a0c015d0a30036ebe7ece34c9989e9"
             ],
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
-            "version": "==23.1"
+            "version": "==24.0"
         },
         "pluggy": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:4224373bacce55f955a878bf9cfa763c1e360858e330072059e10bad68531159",
-                "sha256:74134bbf457f031a36d68416e1509f34bd5ccc019f0bcc952c7b909d06b37bd3"
+                "sha256:7db9f7b503d67d1c5b95f59773ebb58a8c1c288129a88665838012cfb07b8981",
+                "sha256:8c85c2876142a764e5b7548e7d9a0e0ddb46f5185161049a79b7e974454223be"
             ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.6'",
-            "version": "==1.0.0"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==1.4.0"
         },
         "prometheus-client": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -575,11 +575,12 @@
         },
         "pytest": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:892f933d339f068883b6fd5a459f03d85bfcb355e4981e146d2c7616c21fef71",
-                "sha256:c4014eb40e10f11f355ad4e3c2fb2c6c6d1919c73f3b5a433de4708202cade59"
+                "sha256:2a8386cfc11fa9d2c50ee7b2a57e7d898ef90470a7a34c4b949ff59662bb78b7",
+                "sha256:ac978141a75948948817d360297b7aae0fcb9d6ff6bc9ec6d514b85d5a65c044"
             ],
             "index": "pypi",
-            "version": "==7.2.0"
+            "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
+            "version": "==8.1.1"
         },
         "python-dateutil": {
             "hashes": [