diff --git a/tests/core/gen_helpers/requirements.txt b/tests/core/gen_helpers/requirements.txt
index c972f9b7b..e7cdd30ea 100644
--- a/tests/core/gen_helpers/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/core/gen_helpers/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ruamel.yaml==0.16.5
 eth-utils==1.6.0
-pytest==3.6.1
+pytest>=4.4
diff --git a/tests/core/gen_helpers/setup.py b/tests/core/gen_helpers/setup.py
index fa7315a1f..e9fc1a787 100644
--- a/tests/core/gen_helpers/setup.py
+++ b/tests/core/gen_helpers/setup.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ setup(
     install_requires=[
         "ruamel.yaml==0.16.5",
         "eth-utils==1.6.0",
-        "pytest==3.6.1",
+        "pytest>=4.4",
     ]
 )