diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7ea7f73b..7c14faef 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ dev-pytest = [
   "async-solipsism == 0.5",
   "frequenz-repo-config[extra-lint-examples] == 0.8.0",
   "hypothesis == 6.92.2",
-  "pytest == 7.4.4",
+  "pytest == 8.0.0",
   "pytest-asyncio == 0.23.3",
   "pytest-mock == 3.12.0",
 ]