diff --git a/ci/test_requirements.txt b/ci/test_requirements.txt
index 83e998d735f..eedc52e413e 100644
--- a/ci/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-pytest==6.2.5
+pytest==7.0.0
 pytest-mpl==0.13
 netCDF4==1.5.8
 coverage==6.3.1