diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 927d3c2..a91747f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ botstory==0.0.36
 gunicorn==19.6.0
 pytest==3.0.5
 pytest-aiohttp==0.1.2
-pytest-asyncio==0.5.0
+pytest-asyncio==0.8.0
 pytest-catchlog==1.2.2
 pytest-cov==2.4.0
 pytest-mock==1.5.0