diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3c3fe94..b7b0079 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pyserial==3.4
 python-periphery==2.3.0
 PyYAML==5.4
 flake8==3.8.3
-pytest==5.4.3
+pytest==7.0.1
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 filelock==3.0.12
 pydocstyle==5.0.2