diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 34b5155..9cd5ec4 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 betamax==0.9.0
 betamax-serializers==0.2.1
-pytest==8.3.4
-pytest-asyncio==0.25.0
-pytest-cov==6.0.0
+pytest==8.3.5
+pytest-asyncio==0.26.0
+pytest-cov==6.1.1
 pytest-mock==3.14.0
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 6a8d14a..f732902 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # standard imports
+import asyncio
 import os
 import time
 
@@ -66,3 +67,17 @@ def no_github_token():
     yield
 
     os.environ['GITHUB_TOKEN'] = og_token
+
+
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def event_loop():
+    """
+    Create an event loop that isn't closed after each test.
+
+    This is necessary for pytest-asyncio 0.26.0 and later, as it fails to closes the loop after each test.
+    """
+    loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+    asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
+    yield loop
+
+    loop.close()