diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index 6af669b..dfff0f5 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ invoke==1.4.0
 rituals==0.4.1
 #-e git+https://github.com/jhermann/rituals.git#egg=rituals
 
-pytest==5.3.2
+pytest==4.6.9
 pytest-cov==2.8.1
 pytest-mock==2.0.0
 pytest-spec==2.0.0