diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 300dac8..30f5b02 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.8
 tox==3.14.1
 coverage==4.5.3
-pytest==5.2.2
+pytest==7.0.1
 pytest-runner==5.1
 dredd_hooks==0.2.0