diff --git a/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt b/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
index d1713296a..67bef81c2 100644
--- a/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/regression_model/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setuptools==40.6.3
 wheel==0.32.3
 
 # testing requirements
-pytest==4.0.2
+pytest==5.2.1
 
 # fetching datasets
 kaggle==1.5.1.1
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d9fb49c9c..926c51058 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ pandas==0.23.4
 scikit-learn==0.20.2
 
 # testing
-pytest==4.0.2
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+pytest==5.2.1