diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 685bd54..9f87933 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ packages = ["src/kbase"]
 dev = [
     "ipython==9.5.0",
     "pymongo==4.15.2",
-    "pytest==8.4.2",
+    "pytest==9.0.1",
     "pytest-asyncio==1.2.0",
     "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "requests==2.32.5",