diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cd6b5bf63..c5034f0c1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools", "pytest-runner==5.2", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools", "pytest-runner==6.0.1", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]