diff --git a/tools/release/requirements.txt b/tools/release/requirements.txt
index 713b45a39..9873e5164 100644
--- a/tools/release/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/release/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 PyGithub==2.8.1
-pytest==8.4.2
+pytest==9.0.1