diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f1f80f9d8e7..dc7306bf9e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<4"
 
 dependencies = [
-    "pytest==8.0.0",
+    "pytest==9.0.2",
 ]
 
 [dependency-groups]
 tests = [
-    "pytest==8.0.0", # latest is 8.4.1
+    "pytest==9.0.2", # latest is 8.4.1
     "pytest-cov==6.0.0", # latest is 6.2.1
 ]
 doc = [