diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 9ee8642..3976c02 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ coverage==4.5.4
 Sphinx==2.2.2
 twine==3.1.1
 
-pytest==5.3.1
+pytest==6.2.2
 pytest-runner==5.2
 pytest-mpl==0.10
 pytest-cov==2.8.1