diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f66c55f5..1e2fb75b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-    "pytest ~= 7.0",
+    "pytest ~= 8.2",
     "pytest-xdist ~= 2.1.0",
     "pytest-asyncio ~= 0.16.0",
     # "pytest-testmon ~= 1.3.1",