diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 66b48ba4c..71ad79e5b 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytest>=3.3.1
+pytest>=4.4.0
 pytest-timeout>=1.3.3
 pytest-cov>=2.6.1
 pytest-xdist>=1.26.1