diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d5e038..d6174d9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ type-hints = [
 ]
 lint-38 = [
     "mypy[reports]>=1.14,<1.17",  # Dropped support for targeting 3.8
-    "pytest>=7,<9",  # Dropped Python 3.8 support
+    "pytest>=9,<10",  # Dropped Python 3.8 support
     "pytest-check<2.8.1",  # Dropped Python 3.8 support
 ]
 docs = [