diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index 3f93247ce..42bada9f5 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fakeredis==1.4.3
 pre-commit==2.7.1
-pytest==6.0.2
+pytest==6.1.0
 pytest-responses==0.4.0
 responses==0.12.0