diff --git a/ext/pybind11/tests/requirements.txt b/ext/pybind11/tests/requirements.txt
index 8d2742a71c4..f7afd88a5c8 100644
--- a/ext/pybind11/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/ext/pybind11/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ numpy==1.21.3; platform_python_implementation!="PyPy" and python_version>="3.7"
 py @ git+https://github.com/pytest-dev/py; python_version>="3.11"
 pytest==4.6.9; python_version<"3.5"
 pytest==6.1.2; python_version=="3.5"
-pytest==6.2.4; python_version>="3.6"
+pytest==9.0.3; python_version>="3.6"
 pytest-timeout
 scipy==1.2.3; platform_python_implementation!="PyPy" and python_version<"3.6"
 scipy==1.5.4; platform_python_implementation!="PyPy" and python_version>="3.6" and python_version<"3.10"