diff --git a/requirements-development.txt b/requirements-development.txt
index 78ccdc91..1ac48b58 100644
--- a/requirements-development.txt
+++ b/requirements-development.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 -e .
-pytest==2.8.2
+pytest>=2.9.0,<3.0
 pytest-django
 pytest-factoryboy
 fake-factory