diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index ddc5d2a51..58c5babc0 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.4  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 mypy==0.770  # https://github.com/python/mypy
 django-stubs==1.4.0  # https://github.com/typeddjango/django-stubs
-pytest==5.3.5  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
+pytest==5.4.0  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.2  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 
 # Code quality