diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd74658e8..748e97aae 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
     test_suite="tests",
     tests_require=[
         "bagit >= 1.6.4, < 1.9",
-        "pytest >= 6.2, < 8.3",
+        "pytest >= 6.2, < 8.4",
         "mock >= 2.0.0",
         "pytest-mock >= 1.10.0",
         "pytest-httpserver",
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index ce709ef96..e545ee65a 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 bagit>=1.6.4,<1.9
-pytest>= 6.2,< 8.3
+pytest>= 6.2,< 8.4
 pytest-xdist>=3.2.0 # for the worksteal scheduler
 psutil # enhances pytest-xdist to allow "-n logical"
 pytest-httpserver