diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 8c00e6f9..9b49f889 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def read(path: str) -> str:
         ],
         "testing": [
             "faker==18.3.1",
-            "pytest==8.4.2",
+            "pytest==9.0.2",
             "pytest-aiohttp==1.0.5",
             "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
             "pytest-xdist==3.8.0",  # enables parallel testing