diff --git a/changes/2578.misc.rst b/changes/2578.misc.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3140c16dbc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2578.misc.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Updated pytest from 8.2.0 to 8.2.1 in /core.
diff --git a/core/pyproject.toml b/core/pyproject.toml
index 01ad8bd449..bb0ba25251 100644
--- a/core/pyproject.toml
+++ b/core/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ dev = [
     # Pre-commit 3.6.0 deprecated support for Python 3.8
     "pre-commit == 3.5.0 ; python_version < '3.9'",
     "pre-commit == 3.7.1 ; python_version >= '3.9'",
-    "pytest == 8.2.0",
+    "pytest == 8.2.1",
     "pytest-asyncio == 0.23.6",
     "pytest-freezer == 0.4.8",
     "setuptools-scm == 8.1.0",