diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d6ad529..0a80af5 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ tox==2.9.1
 coverage==4.4.1
 Sphinx==1.6.3
 PyYAML==3.12
-pytest==3.2.3
+pytest==4.6.0
 pytest-runner==2.12.1