diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9cfdd47..06186e0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "ovoscope>=1.6.8a1,<2.0.0",
-    "pytest>=7.0.0,<9",
+    "pytest>=9.1.1,<10",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.0.0",
     "ovos-core[plugins,lgpl]>=2.2.4a1",
     "ovos-padatious>=2.0.4a1,<3.0.0",