diff --git a/Concierge/requirements.txt b/Concierge/requirements.txt
index 1e623664..6b24a27c 100644
--- a/Concierge/requirements.txt
+++ b/Concierge/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ discord.py>=2.4,<3
 aiohttp>=3.9,<4               # direct dep: finsearch_client uses aiohttp.ClientSession itself,
                              # not only transitively via discord.py — declare it explicitly
 # dev/test
-pytest>=8
+pytest>=9.1.1
 pytest-asyncio>=0.23,<0.24   # auto mode (see pytest.ini); tests also carry explicit @pytest.mark.asyncio