diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e460275..0ddbe05 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ packages = ["src/kbase"]
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
     "ipython==9.6.0",
-    "pytest==8.4.2",
+    "pytest==9.0.2",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "requests-mock==1.12.1",
     "semver>=3.0.4",