diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ac6bf9b8f9..a1bb472544 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ isort
 funcsigs==1.0.2
 mock==2.0.0
 pylint
-pytest==4.6.11
+pytest==4.6.11; python_version < '3.0'
+pytest==6.2.5; python_version >= '3.6'
 pyudev==0.22.0
 distro==1.5.0
 ipaddress==1.0.23