diff --git a/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements-testing.txt
index dcbc336e1..a44ddf481 100644
--- a/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ pytest-cov==2.12.1
 pytest-mock==3.5.1
 pytest-xdist==2.2.1
 moto==2.0.7
-pydocstyle==5.1.1
+pydocstyle==6.1.1
 flake8==4.0.1
 mypy==0.812
 mypy-extensions==0.4.3