diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 4ed3991..2414219 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-pytest~=4.6.7 # needed for python 2.7+3.4
+pytest~=6.2.4 # needed for python 2.7+3.4
 pytest-cov>=2.8.1
 pytest-randomly==1.2.3 # needed for python 2.7+3.4