diff --git a/dev/NS-core/requirements.txt b/dev/NS-core/requirements.txt
index d3e16f7a..6b9825db 100644
--- a/dev/NS-core/requirements.txt
+++ b/dev/NS-core/requirements.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pydantic-settings==2.1.0
 openai==1.3.3
 python-dotenv==1.0.0
 httpx>=0.25.2,<0.26.0
-pytest==7.4.3
+pytest==9.0.3
 pytest-asyncio==0.21.1
 pytest-cov==4.1.0
 alembic==1.12.1