diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 9f400f4..784032b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ flake8==3.5.0
 tox==3.2.1
 coverage==4.5.1
 Sphinx==1.8.0
-pytest==3.8.0
+pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-runner==4.0