diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
index 5539d8d37..2c7659852 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ django-extensions==3.1.5
 
 pytest==8.0.2
 pytest-cov==3.0.0
-pytest-django==4.5.1
+pytest-django==4.9.0
 pytest-mock==3.12.0
 
 ipdb==0.13.11