diff --git a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
index d5e0798e86..34d7d98e7e 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_minimal.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ numcodecs==0.11.0
 msgpack-python==0.5.6
 setuptools-scm==7.1.0
 # test requirements
-pytest==7.2.0
+pytest==7.2.1