diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 7e607a9d..98b89098 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 pip>=9  # minimum installation requirements
 setuptools>=21  # minimum installation requirements
 coverage==5.2.1 # pytest-cov
-pytest==5.4.3
+pytest==6.0.0
 pytest-cov==2.10.0
 pytest-xdist==1.34.0
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.5; platform_python_implementation != "PyPy"