diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 085928f..cc679e7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Repository = "https://github.com/avocado-framework/aexpect"
 Issues = "https://github.com/avocado-framework/aexpect/issues"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
-test = ["pytest>=6.0"]
+test = ["pytest>=9.0.3"]
 lint = ["black", "pycodestyle", "isort", "inspektor"]
 dev = ["aexpect[test,lint]", "setuptools-scm>=8", "build", "twine"]
 
diff --git a/requirements-travis.txt b/requirements-travis.txt
index 5d7a1d5..d25483c 100644
--- a/requirements-travis.txt
+++ b/requirements-travis.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 setuptools==80.8.0
 pycodestyle==2.13.0
 inspektor==0.5.3
-pytest==8.3.5
+pytest==9.0.3
 black==24.4.2