diff --git a/changes/unreleased/0006.juVZy882eq2x2d7At5amo3.toml b/changes/unreleased/0006.juVZy882eq2x2d7At5amo3.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90f32f9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/0006.juVZy882eq2x2d7At5amo3.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dependencies = "Bump pytest from 8.3.5 to 8.4.2"
+[[pull_requests]]
+uid = "6"
+author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+closes_threads = []
diff --git a/requirements-unit-tests.txt b/requirements-unit-tests.txt
index f90d2950..ff1c6953 100644
--- a/requirements-unit-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-unit-tests.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 build
 
 # For the test suite
-pytest==8.3.5
+pytest==8.4.2
 
 # needed because pytest doesn't come with native support for coroutines as tests
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.2