diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3987.miscellaneous.md b/doc/changelog.d/3987.miscellaneous.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ddce629ee8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/3987.miscellaneous.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Build: bump pytest from 8.3.5 to 8.4.0 in the testing group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index df32615b30a..01dd9a3a083 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ tests = [
   "pytest-reportlog==0.4.0",
   "pytest-rerunfailures==15.1",
   "pytest-timeout==2.4.0",
-  "pytest==8.3.5",
+  "pytest==8.4.0",
   "scipy==1.15.3",
   "vtk==9.4.2",
 ]