diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index cf2d62f..9737683 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ coverage==4.5.1
 Sphinx==1.8.1
 twine==1.12.1
 pytest==3.8.2
-pytest-runner==4.2
+pytest-runner==6.0.1
 vcrpy==2.0.1