diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index a0bd02c4..d7f30d5c 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ test = [
     "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
     "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
     "pytest-env==1.2.0",
-    "pytest-timeout==2.3.1",
+    "pytest-timeout==2.4.0",
     "pytest-xdist==3.6.1",
 ]
 lint = [
diff --git a/backend/uv.lock b/backend/uv.lock
index b0ee2c4c..71e7cc80 100644
--- a/backend/uv.lock
+++ b/backend/uv.lock
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ dev = [
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", specifier = "==1.3.0" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = "==5.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-env", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
-    { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = "==2.3.1" },
+    { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = "==2.4.0" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = "==3.6.1" },
     { name = "ruff", specifier = "==0.14.10" },
     { name = "types-cachetools", specifier = "==6.2.0.20250827" },
@@ -1555,7 +1555,7 @@ test = [
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", specifier = "==1.3.0" },
     { name = "pytest-cov", specifier = "==5.0.0" },
     { name = "pytest-env", specifier = "==1.2.0" },
-    { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = "==2.3.1" },
+    { name = "pytest-timeout", specifier = "==2.4.0" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", specifier = "==3.6.1" },
 ]
 
@@ -2858,14 +2858,14 @@ wheels = [
 
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