diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index d2c2d18314b98f..645c1607e4d2c3 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ python-levenshtein==0.23.0
 docutils==0.20.1
 pygments==2.17.2
 urllib3==2.1.0
-pytest==7.4.3
+pytest==8.0.0
 isort==5.12.0
 black==23.11.0
 flake8==6.1.0