diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 17c47bb2..85328c03 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ psycopg2-binary==2.8.3  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 # Testing
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 mypy==0.720  # https://github.com/python/mypy
-pytest==5.0.1  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
+pytest==5.1.0  # https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest
 pytest-sugar==0.9.2  # https://github.com/Frozenball/pytest-sugar
 
 # Code quality