diff --git a/changes/unreleased/4735.AV5NN6X6ycMfbnVvMFnKxg.toml b/changes/unreleased/4735.AV5NN6X6ycMfbnVvMFnKxg.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f05e7f1c52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/unreleased/4735.AV5NN6X6ycMfbnVvMFnKxg.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+dependencies = "Bump pytest-asyncio from 0.21.2 to 0.26.0"
+[[pull_requests]]
+uid = "4735"
+author_uid = "dependabot[bot]"
+closes_threads = []
diff --git a/requirements-unit-tests.txt b/requirements-unit-tests.txt
index f90d2950f60..f4457f0a2ff 100644
--- a/requirements-unit-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-unit-tests.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build
 pytest==8.3.5
 
 # needed because pytest doesn't come with native support for coroutines as tests
-pytest-asyncio==0.21.2
+pytest-asyncio==0.26.0
 
 # xdist runs tests in parallel
 pytest-xdist==3.6.1