diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 4cb7a208..66eeabb8 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.5  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 mypy==0.770, <0.780 # https://github.com/python/mypy
 # mypy >0.770 and <0.780 is required by django-stubs==1.5.0
 django-stubs==1.5.0  # https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs
-pytest==5.3.5  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
+pytest==5.4.1  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.2  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 django-test-plus==1.4.0  # https://github.com/revsys/django-test-plus