diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 68b19ec..98ebe58 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ optional-dependencies.release = [
 ]
 optional-dependencies.test = [
   "cratedb-toolkit[testing]",
-  "pytest<9",
+  "pytest<10",
   "pytest-cov<8",
   "pytest-mock<4",
 ]