diff --git a/tests/pyproject.toml b/tests/pyproject.toml
index d814a0d..fc4d052 100644
--- a/tests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/tests/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ description = "python dependencies for running tests"
 
 [dependency-groups]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=7.4,<9",
+    "pytest>=9.0.3,<10",
     "pytest-xdist>=3.7,<4",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.4,<3",
     "pyln-testing>=25.5",
diff --git a/tests/uv.lock b/tests/uv.lock
index f9f47de..f3af97a 100644
--- a/tests/uv.lock
+++ b/tests/uv.lock
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ name = "exceptiongroup"
 version = "1.3.1"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
-    { name = "typing-extensions", marker = "python_full_version < '3.13'" },
+    { name = "typing-extensions" },
 ]
 sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/50/79/66800aadf48771f6b62f7eb014e352e5d06856655206165d775e675a02c9/exceptiongroup-1.3.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:8b412432c6055b0b7d14c310000ae93352ed6754f70fa8f7c34141f91c4e3219", size = 30371, upload-time = "2025-11-21T23:01:54.787Z" }
 wheels = [
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "8.4.2"
+version = "9.0.3"
 source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "colorama", marker = "sys_platform == 'win32'" },
@@ -906,9 +906,9 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "pygments" },
     { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
 ]
-sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/a3/5c/00a0e072241553e1a7496d638deababa67c5058571567b92a7eaa258397c/pytest-8.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:86c0d0b93306b961d58d62a4db4879f27fe25513d4b969df351abdddb3c30e01", size = 1519618, upload-time = "2025-09-04T14:34:22.711Z" }
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 wheels = [
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+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d4/24/a372aaf5c9b7208e7112038812994107bc65a84cd00e0354a88c2c77a617/pytest-9.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2c5efc453d45394fdd706ade797c0a81091eccd1d6e4bccfcd476e2b8e0ab5d9", size = 375249, upload-time = "2026-04-07T17:16:16.13Z" },
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 [[package]]
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pyln-client", specifier = ">=25.5" },
     { name = "pyln-proto", specifier = ">=25.5" },
     { name = "pyln-testing", specifier = ">=25.5" },
-    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=7.4,<9" },
+    { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.3,<10" },
     { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = ">=2.4,<3" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = ">=3.7,<4" },
 ]