diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index f885331bd..811af2f0b 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 fakeredis==1.0.3
 pre-commit==1.18.0
-pytest==5.0.1
+pytest==5.1.1
 responses==0.10.6