diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index e539c8d68b..904a2bfc95 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ tests =
     pylint-pytest==1.1.2
     # we use this to suppress some messages in tests, eg: foo/bar naming,
     # and, protected method calls in our tests
-    pylint-plugin-utils==0.6
+    pylint-plugin-utils==0.7
     # type-checking
     mypy==0.930
     types-requests==2.26.3