diff --git a/news/requirements.txt b/news/requirements.txt
index 2fdb54237f62..ebba0f3e6879 100644
--- a/news/requirements.txt
+++ b/news/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ packaging==20.4           # via pytest
 pluggy==0.13.1            # via pytest
 py==1.9.0                 # via pytest
 pyparsing==2.4.5          # via packaging
-pytest==6.1.0             # via -r requirements.in
+pytest==6.1.2             # via -r requirements.in
 six==1.13.0               # via packaging
 toml==0.10.1              # via pytest