diff --git a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
index afea816d87..94d3fff8a6 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ numcodecs==0.12.1
 msgpack-python==0.5.6
 setuptools-scm==8.0.4
 # test requirements
-pytest==7.4.3
+pytest==7.4.4