diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 48908035..599ee22f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ dependencies = [
     "google-genai>=1.56.0",
     "openai>=2.14.0",
     "portkey-ai>=2.1.0",
-    "pytest>=9.0.2",
     "python-dotenv>=1.2.1",
     "requests>=2.32.5",
     "rich>=13.0.0",