diff --git a/src/requirements/dev.txt b/src/requirements/dev.txt
index aa3a3af83d..11bb51df21 100644
--- a/src/requirements/dev.txt
+++ b/src/requirements/dev.txt
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ flake8==3.7.*
 codecov
 coverage
 pytest-cov
-pytest==5.3.*
-pytest-django
+pytest==6.*
+pytest-django==4.*
 isort
-pytest-rerunfailures==8.*
+pytest-rerunfailures==9.*
 pytest-mock==2.0.*
 responses
 potypo
diff --git a/src/setup.py b/src/setup.py
index 52c0a61932..883a6fbd16 100644
--- a/src/setup.py
+++ b/src/setup.py
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ setup(
             'pep8-naming',
             'coveralls',
             'coverage',
-            'pytest==5.3.*',
-            'pytest-django',
+            'pytest==6.*',
+            'pytest-django==4.*',
             'pytest-xdist==1.31.*',
             'isort',
             'pytest-mock==2.0.*',
-            'pytest-rerunfailures==8.*',
+            'pytest-rerunfailures==9.*',
             'responses',
             'potypo',
             'freezegun',
diff --git a/src/tests/api/test_checkin.py b/src/tests/api/test_checkin.py
index 60ef4a42b1..367ef0f02b 100644
--- a/src/tests/api/test_checkin.py
+++ b/src/tests/api/test_checkin.py
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ import datetime
 import time
 from decimal import Decimal
 from unittest import mock
+# deprecated: from django.utils.http import urlquote
+# use urlib instead
+from urllib.parse import quote as urlquote
 
 import pytest
-from django.utils.http import urlquote
 from django.utils.timezone import now
 from django_countries.fields import Country
 from django_scopes import scopes_disabled