diff --git a/backend/requirements-dev.txt b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
index cec7943..5ee7b6d 100644
--- a/backend/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 # backend container (see backend/tests/README.md) rather than baking these
 # into the Docker image.
 -r requirements.txt
-pytest==9.0.3
+pytest==9.1.1
 pytest-asyncio==1.4.0
 httpx==0.28.1
diff --git a/backend/requirements.txt b/backend/requirements.txt
index d24efc6..46b7e10 100644
--- a/backend/requirements.txt
+++ b/backend/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ fastapi==0.141.1
 uvicorn[standard]==0.52.4
 sqlalchemy==2.0.52
 asyncpg==0.31.0
-alembic==1.19.2
+alembic==1.20.0
 pydantic==2.13.5
 pydantic-settings==2.15.0
 python-dotenv==1.2.3