diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f2413c..8b63a3c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ test = [
     # coveralls is fixed to 3.3.1, because there is no support for python 3.13
     # in further versions
     "coveralls==3.3.1", 
-    "pytest>=8.3.5,<9"
+    "pytest>=9.0.3,<10"
 ]
 docs = [
     "Sphinx==8.2.3",
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 4305102..63004cb 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ pyparsing==3.2.5
     #   rasterio
 pyproj==3.7.2
     # via geopandas
-pytest==8.4.2
+pytest==9.0.3
     # via
     #   geoprofile (pyproject.toml)
     #   pytest-timeout