diff --git a/ci_tools/requirements-pip.txt b/ci_tools/requirements-pip.txt
index 9717810..cb04784 100644
--- a/ci_tools/requirements-pip.txt
+++ b/ci_tools/requirements-pip.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ pytest-runner
 valid8
 
 # --- to run the tests
-pytest==4.4  # for ignore-glob and doctest skip
+pytest==9.0.3  # for ignore-glob and doctest skip
 pytest-logging  # ==2015.11.4
 
 # --- to generate the reports (see scripts in ci_tools, called by .travis)