diff --git a/package/python-pytest/Config.in b/package/python-pytest/Config.in
index ad57547a1b..ebbaeeea58 100644
--- a/package/python-pytest/Config.in
+++ b/package/python-pytest/Config.in
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTEST
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_ATTRS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_INICONFIG # runtime
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_MORE_ITERTOOLS # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PACKAGING # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PLUGGY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_PY # runtime
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON_TOML # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON3_PYEXPAT # runtime
 	help
 	  pytest is a framework that makes building simple and scalable
 	  tests easy. Tests are expressive and readable—no boilerplate
diff --git a/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.hash b/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.hash
index 6f3532a590..8c2a85c922 100644
--- a/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.hash
+++ b/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # md5, sha256 from https://pypi.org/pypi/pytest/json
-md5	c3e7c811b2b74c60bb5fb951229ebce9  pytest-6.0.1.tar.gz
-sha256	85228d75db9f45e06e57ef9bf4429267f81ac7c0d742cc9ed63d09886a9fe6f4  pytest-6.0.1.tar.gz
+md5	91a421ffffe3310096b4273b2fa13819  pytest-6.1.2.tar.gz
+sha256	c0a7e94a8cdbc5422a51ccdad8e6f1024795939cc89159a0ae7f0b316ad3823e  pytest-6.1.2.tar.gz
 # Locally computer sha256
 sha256	7898b9b164d4f93fd9a562fd0f592935518b48c4745303964110eb7f7fe64faf  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.mk b/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.mk
index c17d579f8c..d47ec0f430 100644
--- a/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.mk
+++ b/package/python-pytest/python-pytest.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PYTHON_PYTEST_VERSION = 6.0.1
+PYTHON_PYTEST_VERSION = 6.1.2
 PYTHON_PYTEST_SOURCE = pytest-$(PYTHON_PYTEST_VERSION).tar.gz
-PYTHON_PYTEST_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/20/4c/d7b19b8661be78461fff0392e33943784340424921578fe1bf300ef59831
+PYTHON_PYTEST_SITE = https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d4/df/bd7c25c4fe809a17315b3fc9878edf48d31dde7b431b6836848b063c0428
 PYTHON_PYTEST_SETUP_TYPE = setuptools
 PYTHON_PYTEST_LICENSE = MIT
 PYTHON_PYTEST_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE