diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5a9c172..025bfe9 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ classifiers = [
 
 dependencies = [
     # Core Testing Framework
-    "pytest>=8.0.0,<10.0.0",  # Constrained by pytest-playwright 0.7.1
+    "pytest>=9.0.3,<10.0.0",  # Constrained by pytest-playwright 0.7.1
     "pytest-xdist>=3.8.0",
     # pytest-rerunfailures removed - causes deadlock with async fixtures
     # Use --reruns=0 or remove plugin if needed for async tests
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ gpu = [
 ]
 dev = [
     # Testing
-    "pytest>=8.0.0,<10.0.0",  # Constrained by pytest-playwright 0.7.1
+    "pytest>=9.0.3,<10.0.0",  # Constrained by pytest-playwright 0.7.1
     "pytest-cov>=7.0.0",
     "pytest-mock>=3.15.1",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.4.0",