diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 55c0671c..2baf009d 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3510,14 +3510,14 @@ yaml = ["ruamel.yaml"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "8.4.1"
+version = "8.4.2"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.9"
 groups = ["main"]
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-8.4.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:539c70ba6fcead8e78eebbf1115e8b589e7565830d7d006a8723f19ac8a0afb7"},
-    {file = "pytest-8.4.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7c67fd69174877359ed9371ec3af8a3d2b04741818c51e5e99cc1742251fa93c"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.4.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:872f880de3fc3a5bdc88a11b39c9710c3497a547cfa9320bc3c5e62fbf272e79"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:86c0d0b93306b961d58d62a4db4879f27fe25513d4b969df351abdddb3c30e01"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -5345,4 +5345,4 @@ type = ["pytest-mypy"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "7f4b836696f62de6b2518297a3cba140ece12119e7c18a81a6e2155cd006cf82"
+content-hash = "3c0fb5511c83b0d5373dccae7f7399f011faf0b3113f274a5c96b6a9198651da"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4f481fff..03d16d88 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pytket = { extras = ["zx"], version = "^2.9.3" }
 pytket-qiskit = "^0.71.0"
 pytket-cirq = "^0.41.0"
 pytket-qujax = "0.21.0"
-pytest = "^8.4.1"
+pytest = "^8.4.2"
 ipykernel = "^6.30.1"
 sphinx-copybutton = "^0.5.2"
 quimb = "^1.11.2"