diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 815930e..8cf763b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ flake8==3.7.7
 tox==3.11.1
 coverage==4.5.3
 Sphinx==2.0.1
-pytest==4.5.0
+pytest==5.3.0
 twine==1.13.0
 click==7.0
 restructuredtext-lint==1.3.0