diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3e622af..e0b1603 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.31.1
 watchdog==0.8.3
 pylint==1.9.2
-pytest==3.6.1
+pytest==6.2.3
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
 pytest-mock==1.10.0
 tox==3.0.0