diff --git a/receptorctl/requirements/tests.in b/receptorctl/requirements/tests.in
index 1e83fa05f..62218b07d 100644
--- a/receptorctl/requirements/tests.in
+++ b/receptorctl/requirements/tests.in
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # This requirements file is used for receptorctl tests
 
-pytest==7.0.1 # <-- used to run receptorctl tests
+pytest==8.1.1 # <-- used to run receptorctl tests
diff --git a/receptorctl/requirements/tests.txt b/receptorctl/requirements/tests.txt
index b88c293a4..14ee4a075 100644
--- a/receptorctl/requirements/tests.txt
+++ b/receptorctl/requirements/tests.txt
@@ -4,17 +4,11 @@
 #
 #    pip-compile --allow-unsafe --output-file=requirements/tests.txt --strip-extras requirements/tests.in
 #
-attrs==23.2.0
-    # via pytest
 iniconfig==2.0.0
     # via pytest
 packaging==24.0
     # via pytest
 pluggy==1.4.0
     # via pytest
-py==1.11.0
-    # via pytest
-pytest==7.0.1
+pytest==8.1.1
     # via -r requirements/tests.in
-tomli==2.0.1
-    # via pytest