diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ad90f1d3..b72380ac8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ stwfsapy = {version="0.3.*", optional = true}
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 py = "*"
-pytest = "7.*"
+pytest = "8.*"
 requests = "*"
 pytest-cov = "*"
 pytest-watch = "*"