diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c736ed7f..83182347 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Canonical contributor test dependencies; see CONTRIBUTING.md for offline setup.
 pytest>=8.0
-pytest-bdd>=8.0
+pytest-bdd>=9.0.0
 jsonschema>=4.26.0