diff --git a/news/requirements.txt b/news/requirements.txt
index 2656a4bd16de..2fdb54237f62 100644
--- a/news/requirements.txt
+++ b/news/requirements.txt
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
 #    pip-compile
 #
 attrs==19.3.0             # via pytest
-docopt==0.6.2             # via -r news/requirements.in
+docopt==0.6.2             # via -r requirements.in
 iniconfig==1.0.1          # via pytest
-more-itertools==8.0.0     # via pytest
 packaging==20.4           # via pytest
 pluggy==0.13.1            # via pytest
 py==1.9.0                 # via pytest
 pyparsing==2.4.5          # via packaging
-pytest==6.0.1             # via -r news/requirements.in
+pytest==6.1.0             # via -r requirements.in
 six==1.13.0               # via packaging
 toml==0.10.1              # via pytest