diff --git a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
index 77f919888dd818..66bea3c27f7a07 100644
--- a/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
+++ b/lib/spack/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ python-levenshtein==0.23.0
 docutils==0.20.1
 pygments==2.17.2
 urllib3==2.1.0
-pytest==7.4.4
+pytest==8.1.0
 isort==5.13.2
 black==24.1.0
 flake8==7.0.0