diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2f319de4..9ef0acd7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ optional-dependencies.polkadot = [
 optional-dependencies.testing = [
   "ipfshttpclient==0.8.0a2", # eth/web3 test dependency, for some reason"
   "more-itertools==10.6.0",
-  "pytest==8.0.1",
+  "pytest==8.4.1",
   "pytest-aiohttp==1.1.0",
   "pytest-asyncio==0.23.5",
   "pytest-cov==6.0.0",