diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 91cac370..6d4a42fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ coverage
 settings.py
 .idea/*
 .cache/*
+.mypy_cache/
 .python-version
 docs/_build/
 docs/_api/
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 5c60d087..7dc06f22 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ requirements = [
 ]
 
 tests_require = [
-    "pytest==4.1.0",
+    "pytest==5.2.1",
     "multidict>=4.0,<5.0",
     "gunicorn",
     "pytest-cov",
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9eca7f58..a1a99268 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ setenv =
     {py36,py37}-no-ext: SANIC_NO_UVLOOP=1
 deps =
     coverage
-    pytest==4.1.0
+    pytest==5.2.1
     pytest-cov
     pytest-sanic
     pytest-sugar