diff --git a/dev_requirements.txt b/dev_requirements.txt
index 40a74f81..c0c2a39d 100644
--- a/dev_requirements.txt
+++ b/dev_requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 ujson>=1.35
 python-rapidjson>=0.7.0
 emoji>=0.5.2
-pytest>=4.4.1,<4.6
+pytest>=5.4
 pytest-asyncio>=0.10.0
 tox>=3.9.0
 aresponses>=1.1.1