diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e5ba3568f4..22d6197d61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 tests = [
-    "pytest==7.2.0",
+    "pytest==7.2.1",
     "pytest-cov==4.0.0",
 ]
 doc = [