diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 9a249c9..3921a89 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ thunder-python==1.4.2
 scipy==1.1.0
 numpy==1.15.2
 future==0.16.0
-pytest==3.8.1
+pytest==5.4.1
 pytest-pep8==1.0.6
 mock==2.0.0
 scikit-learn==0.20.0