diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 0109ab76..e63441a2 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==9.1.1
 pytest-black==0.6.0
 # Intentionally tests against current MLflow 3.x; upper bound guards against a
 # breaking major-version bump landing silently in CI.