diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
index 64bd42d2..21e462df 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ ipython==7.18.1
 itsdangerous==1.1.0
 Jinja2==2.11.2
 psycopg2==2.8.5
-pytest==6.0.1
+pytest==6.1.0
 requests==2.24.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.3.19
 starlette==0.13.8