diff --git a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
index c90b3ab229..c3fffd518b 100644
--- a/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
+++ b/packages/@jsii/python-runtime/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 black~=20.8b1
-pytest~=6.1
+pytest~=6.2
 pytest-mypy~=0.7
 pip~=20.2
 setuptools~=50.3