diff --git a/changes/238.misc.rst b/changes/238.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c2d394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/238.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated pytest from 8.3.3 to 8.3.4.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c279bff..55a918f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ classifiers = [
 # ensure environment consistency.
 dev = [
     "pre-commit == 4.0.1",
-    "pytest == 8.3.3",
+    "pytest == 8.3.4",
     "setuptools_scm == 8.1.0",
     "tox == 4.23.2",
 ]