diff --git a/doc/changelog/900.maintenance.md b/doc/changelog/900.maintenance.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6a7919df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog/900.maintenance.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump pytest from 8.4.1 to 8.4.2
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4876180ad..43883a10d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ codegen = [
 tests = [
     "matplotlib==3.10.6",
     "numpy==2.2.6",
-    "pytest==8.4.1",
+    "pytest==8.4.2",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "joblib==1.5.2",
     "pandas==2.3.2",