diff --git a/samcli/lib/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/requirements-dev.txt b/samcli/lib/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/requirements-dev.txt
index aa7117612c8..aa56b429ef6 100644
--- a/samcli/lib/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/samcli/lib/init/templates/cookiecutter-aws-sam-hello-golang/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 cookiecutter==2.1.1
 flake8==3.5.0
-pytest==3.3.2
+pytest==9.0.3
 pytest-cookies==0.3.0