diff --git a/starter/requirements.txt b/starter/requirements.txt
index 7683dc56d9..ca554e54e1 100644
--- a/starter/requirements.txt
+++ b/starter/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ uvicorn[standard]==0.36.0
 pydantic==2.11.9
 
 # Testing
-pytest==8.4.2
+pytest==9.0.0
 pytest-asyncio==1.2.0
 
 # HTTP clients