diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index e3c1c5ad8eb409e83262257cc92098ce89168b9c..6ba3d0e3bea975f438d68ae92b1a1e43ca089e74 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ flake8==3.7.7
 Cython==0.29.6
 nose==1.3.7
 pylint==1.9.4
-pytest==4.3.0
+pytest==4.4.0
 pytest-watch==4.2.0