diff --git a/requirements-testing.txt b/requirements-testing.txt
index 097df571e3f..857ced4e031 100644
--- a/requirements-testing.txt
+++ b/requirements-testing.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytest>=7.2,<9.0
+pytest>=8.4.2,<9.0
 pytest-runner
 pytest-cov
 codecov
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index cdd0d30042f..2bdf12e2fd6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ multidict
 anytree>=2.4.3,<=2.12.1
 pyrevolve>=2.1.3
 distributed<2024.9
-pytest>=3.6,<9.0
+pytest>=8.4.2,<9.0
 pytest-runner
 pytest-cov
 xdsl