diff --git a/backend-py/poetry.lock b/backend-py/poetry.lock
index b38b905..c5336ad 100644
--- a/backend-py/poetry.lock
+++ b/backend-py/poetry.lock
@@ -601,13 +601,13 @@ test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=7.4)", "pytest-co
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pluggy"
-version = "1.3.0"
+version = "1.4.0"
 description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pluggy-1.3.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:d89c696a773f8bd377d18e5ecda92b7a3793cbe66c87060a6fb58c7b6e1061f7"},
-    {file = "pluggy-1.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:cf61ae8f126ac6f7c451172cf30e3e43d3ca77615509771b3a984a0730651e12"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.4.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:7db9f7b503d67d1c5b95f59773ebb58a8c1c288129a88665838012cfb07b8981"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.4.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8c85c2876142a764e5b7548e7d9a0e0ddb46f5185161049a79b7e974454223be"},
 ]
 
 [package.extras]
@@ -854,23 +854,23 @@ pylint = ">=1.7"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "7.4.3"
+version = "8.1.1"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
-python-versions = ">=3.7"
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
 files = [
-    {file = "pytest-7.4.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0d009c083ea859a71b76adf7c1d502e4bc170b80a8ef002da5806527b9591fac"},
-    {file = "pytest-7.4.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:d989d136982de4e3b29dabcc838ad581c64e8ed52c11fbe86ddebd9da0818cd5"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.1.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2a8386cfc11fa9d2c50ee7b2a57e7d898ef90470a7a34c4b949ff59662bb78b7"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.1.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ac978141a75948948817d360297b7aae0fcb9d6ff6bc9ec6d514b85d5a65c044"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
 colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
 iniconfig = "*"
 packaging = "*"
-pluggy = ">=0.12,<2.0"
+pluggy = ">=1.4,<2.0"
 
 [package.extras]
-testing = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2.0)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "nose", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
+testing = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest-cov"
@@ -1359,4 +1359,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.11"
-content-hash = "813c005f5535873658535d7b95e675f900d59cb9bf29d3e06b85cee42a911250"
+content-hash = "c2a9ae408289e506d6f673a209011caf13ffbc84503a6bd3824aff2d54063d32"
diff --git a/backend-py/pyproject.toml b/backend-py/pyproject.toml
index 9b71423..1f5b631 100644
--- a/backend-py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend-py/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ psycopg2 = "^2.9.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 prospector = "^1.10.2"
-pytest = "^7.3.2"
+pytest = "^8.0.0"
 pytest-cov = "^4.1.0"
 pytest-watch = "^4.2.0"