diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 64fc04fc..ed08ffb7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ lint = [
     "flake8-pyproject",
     "flake8-docstrings",
     "mypy>=1.3,<2.0",
-    "pytest>=7.3,<8.0",  # needed for linting tests
+    "pytest>=8.2.2,<9.0",  # needed for linting tests
     "types-Jinja2>=2.11,<3.0",
     "types-jsonschema>=4.17,<5.0",
     "types-protobuf>=4.24,<5.0",
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ lint = [
     "types-requests"
 ]
 test = [
-    "pytest>=7.3,<8.0",
+    "pytest>=8.2.2,<9.0",
     "pytest-mock",
     "pytest-xdist>=3.2,<4.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1,<5.0",