diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 67d9a4e5..845e3379 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ dev-pytest = [
   "async-solipsism == 0.8",
   "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.13.7",
   "hypothesis == 6.143.0",
-  "pytest == 8.4.2",
+  "pytest == 9.0.2",
   "pytest-asyncio == 1.1.0",
   "pytest-mock == 3.15.1",
 ]