diff --git a/requirements/doctests.txt b/requirements/doctests.txt
index 96794a9afb460..919ee2d3a2672 100644
--- a/requirements/doctests.txt
+++ b/requirements/doctests.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-pytest ==8.3.5
+pytest ==8.4.0
 pytest-doctestplus ==1.4.0
diff --git a/requirements/fabric/test.txt b/requirements/fabric/test.txt
index 9035164ea1462..4d57af004884d 100644
--- a/requirements/fabric/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/fabric/test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 coverage ==7.8.2
 numpy >=1.17.2, <1.27.0
-pytest ==8.3.5
+pytest ==8.4.0
 pytest-cov ==6.1.1
 pytest-timeout ==2.4.0
 pytest-rerunfailures ==15.1
diff --git a/requirements/pytorch/test.txt b/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
index fd4237ef74e66..2abb8cadd6772 100644
--- a/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
+++ b/requirements/pytorch/test.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 coverage ==7.8.2
-pytest ==8.3.5
+pytest ==8.4.0
 pytest-cov ==6.1.1
 pytest-timeout ==2.4.0
 pytest-rerunfailures ==15.1
diff --git a/tests/tests_pytorch/models/test_hparams.py b/tests/tests_pytorch/models/test_hparams.py
index 3c7838f11a85a..f14d62b6befb4 100644
--- a/tests/tests_pytorch/models/test_hparams.py
+++ b/tests/tests_pytorch/models/test_hparams.py
@@ -250,8 +250,7 @@ def __init__(self, test_arg, test_arg2):
     model = LocalModel.load_from_checkpoint(raw_checkpoint_path, test_arg2=123)
     assert model.hparams.test_arg == 14
     assert "test_arg2" not in model.hparams  # test_arg2 is not registered in class init
-
-    return raw_checkpoint_path
+    assert raw_checkpoint_path
 
 
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