diff --git a/plugin_globals/pyproject.toml b/plugin_globals/pyproject.toml
index 070236ee4..ca40a55c5 100644
--- a/plugin_globals/pyproject.toml
+++ b/plugin_globals/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ aca-py = ["aries-cloudagent"]
 ruff = "^0.1.2"
 black = "23.7.0"
 asynctest = "0.13.0"
-pytest = "~7.4.0"
+pytest = "~8.0.2"
 pytest-asyncio = "0.14.0"
 pytest-cov = "2.10.1"
 pytest-ruff = "^0.1.1"