diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index dbbe7f31..a2dc9c72 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ bbctl = "bbot_server.cli.bbctl:main"
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     "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
     "pytest>=8.3.2",
-    "pytest-env>=1.1.3",
+    "pytest-env>=1.7.1",
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diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index ea890b61..56532ccf 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ dev = [
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