diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index c6b541fd..7b44660c 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Include production dependencies
 -r requirements.txt
 
-# Testing
-pytest==7.4.3
+# Testing — pytest-asyncio 0.24+ requires pytest>=8.2
+pytest==8.4.2
 pytest-asyncio==0.24.0
 httpx>=0.27.0
-pytest-cov==4.1.0
+pytest-cov==5.0.0
 
 # Code quality
 black==24.1.1