diff --git a/panel/api/pyproject.toml b/panel/api/pyproject.toml
index 98de615..6c75759 100644
--- a/panel/api/pyproject.toml
+++ b/panel/api/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-  "pytest==9.0.*",
+  "pytest==9.1.*",
   "httpx==0.28.*",
   "testcontainers[postgres]==4.14.*",
 ]