diff --git a/services/api/requirements-dev.txt b/services/api/requirements-dev.txt
index 42afd0b..8b053a8 100644
--- a/services/api/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/services/api/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 # the test suite is run locally / in CI.
 -r requirements.txt
 pytest==8.3.4
-pytest-asyncio==0.25.2
+pytest-asyncio==0.26.0
 respx==0.22.0