diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index 3e7ca82a9..b1e63785f 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 fakeredis==1.2.1
 pre-commit==2.2.0
-pytest==5.3.5
+pytest==5.4.1
 pytest-responses==0.4.0
 responses==0.10.12