diff --git a/forge-cascade-v2/pyproject.toml b/forge-cascade-v2/pyproject.toml
index 60b582e..6cb0719 100644
--- a/forge-cascade-v2/pyproject.toml
+++ b/forge-cascade-v2/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=7.4.0,<9.0.0",
+    "pytest>=7.4.0,<10.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0,<1.0.0",
     "pytest-cov>=4.1.0,<6.0.0",
     "httpx>=0.26.0,<1.0.0",
diff --git a/forge-cascade-v2/requirements-dev.txt b/forge-cascade-v2/requirements-dev.txt
index f16d6af..2f12dbb 100644
--- a/forge-cascade-v2/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/forge-cascade-v2/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Install after base: pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
 # Testing
-pytest==8.3.4
+pytest==9.0.2
 pytest-asyncio==0.24.0
 pytest-cov==6.0.0