diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1adb31364..7ada3385c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ skip_glob = ["**/.env*", "**/env/*", "**/.venv/*", "**/docs/*", "**/user_data/*"
 known_first_party = ["freqtrade_client"]
 
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
+# TODO: should be migrated to [tool.pytest] as support for this was added in 9.0
 log_format = "%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s"
 log_date_format = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
 
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index c814ec8c4..557f42c02 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 ruff==0.14.4
 mypy==1.18.2
 pre-commit==4.4.0
-pytest==8.4.2
-pytest-asyncio==1.2.0
+pytest==9.0.1
+pytest-asyncio==1.3.0
 pytest-cov==7.0.0
 pytest-mock==3.15.1
 pytest-random-order==1.2.0