diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index f6e580c..ab13a32 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pycodestyle==2.2.0
 pydocstyle==1.1.1
 pyflakes==1.3.0
 pylint==1.6.5
-pytest==3.0.5
+pytest==3.4.2
 pytest-cookies==0.2.0
 PyYAML==3.12
 tox==2.6.0
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
index 2f0dfa0..149c6d9 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bumpversion==0.5.3
 coverage==4.3.4
 flake8==3.2.1
 pyflakes==1.3.0
-pytest==3.0.5
+pytest==3.4.2
 pytest-cookies==0.2.0
 pytest-cov==2.4.0
 pytest-flake8==0.8.1