diff --git a/general/prog/python-modules/pytest.xml b/general/prog/python-modules/pytest.xml
index 31a3a1e2b1..487f4ca998 100644
--- a/general/prog/python-modules/pytest.xml
+++ b/general/prog/python-modules/pytest.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <!ENTITY pytest-download-ftp  " ">
   <!ENTITY pytest-md5sum        "&pytest-md5sum;">
   <!ENTITY pytest-size          "1.3 MB">
-  <!ENTITY pytest-buildsize     "8.2 MB (add 44 MB for tests)">
+  <!ENTITY pytest-buildsize     "8.3 MB (add 45 MB for tests)">
   <!ENTITY pytest-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (1.0 SBU for tests)">
 ]>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 4c0f628d3b..df1b55b399 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>September 3rd, 2023</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[renodr] - Update to pytest-7.4.1 (Python Module). Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18500">#18500</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[renodr] - Update to intel-gmmlib-22.3.11. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;18489">#18489</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 19a0bb0414..7e1fb55227 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -566,8 +566,8 @@ to avoid building libxml2 twice, which is slow with all deps -->
 <!ENTITY pyparsing-md5sum             "bb8c8c6b8015ca5887ae2c37917ee82e">
 <!ENTITY pyserial-version             "3.5">
 <!ENTITY pyserial-md5sum              "1cf25a76da59b530dbfc2cf99392dc83">
-<!ENTITY pytest-version               "7.4.0">
-<!ENTITY pytest-md5sum                "5d3fca31237efe6c2b81bc703b79659f">
+<!ENTITY pytest-version               "7.4.1">
+<!ENTITY pytest-md5sum                "ebfaddd65f9e559b58a493179b1f8ae1">
 <!ENTITY PyYAML-version               "6.0.1">
 <!ENTITY PyYAML-md5sum                "c9246277af2d9a13b7018af267a0831a">
 <!ENTITY requests-version             "2.31.0">