diff --git a/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req b/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
index 45c4e6b..96f1655 100644
--- a/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
+++ b/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Upgrading to use latest nose
 nose==1.3.7
 # Also install pytest since we support it
-pytest==3.5.0
+pytest==4.4.2
 pytest-cov==2.4.0
 pytest-timeout==1.2.0