diff --git a/requirements_dev_optional.txt b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
index 986ca50043..1a12852246 100644
--- a/requirements_dev_optional.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev_optional.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ azure-storage-blob==12.24.1
 redis==5.2.1
 types-redis
 types-setuptools
-pymongo==4.12.0
+pymongo==4.12.1
 # optional test requirements
 coverage
 pytest-cov==6.1.1