diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ed082c8..cb43661 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ amazon.ion>=0.7.0,<=0.9.3   # pinned per GitHub issue #164
 boto3~=1.28.79
 botocore~=1.31.79
 ionhash~=1.2.1
-pytest~=7.4.3
+pytest~=7.4.4
 pytest-cov~=4.1.0
 pytest-subtests~=0.11.0