diff --git a/tests/application_tests/pyproject.toml b/tests/application_tests/pyproject.toml
index 937e83e855..fc23cafcde 100644
--- a/tests/application_tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/application_tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ optional-dependencies.tools = [
     "bandit==1.8.2",
     "fixit==2.1.0",
     "mypy==1.15.0",
-    "pip-audit==2.7.3",
+    "pip-audit==2.8.0",
     "pyproject-fmt==2.5.0",
     "ruff==0.9.4",
     "vulture==2.14",