diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 96abd6111..c1133fb0e 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ google-cloud-storage==1.38.0
 urllib3==1.26.4
 
 # required by collective.checkdocs
-Pygments==2.8.1
+Pygments==2.9.0
 collective.checkdocs==0.2
 pydocstyle==6.0.0
 jaraco.windows==5.5.0