diff --git a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/setup.cfg b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/setup.cfg
index 19de15e..8d8bcbc 100644
--- a/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/setup.cfg	
+++ b/{{ cookiecutter.project_name }}/setup.cfg	
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ setup_requires =
     pre-commit==2.6.0
     setuptools==50.3.0
     Sphinx==3.2.0
-    pytest-runner==5.2
+    pytest-runner==6.0.1
 tests_require =
     coverage==4.5.1
     pylint==1.9.1