diff --git a/requirements_test.txt b/requirements_test.txt
index e5106505ed0..6707d35171b 100644
--- a/requirements_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_test.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flake8>=2.5.1
 pylint>=1.5.5
 coveralls>=1.1
-pytest>=2.8.0
+pytest>=2.9.1
 pytest-cov>=2.2.0
 pytest-timeout>=1.0.0
 betamax==0.5.1