diff --git a/requirements-ci.txt b/requirements-ci.txt
index fce1b20..827e5f2 100644
--- a/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # these are not required to run the program
 # but required to run tests and ci checks
-pytest==9.0.2
+pytest==9.0.3
 pytest-cov==7.0.0
 codecov==2.1.13
 prospector==1.17.3