diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 40514f01..88026d84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ qa = [
   "pycairo", # needed for fontTools varLib.interpolatable --pdf
 ]
 test = [
-  "black ==24.10.0",
+  "black ==25.1.0",
   "pytest",  
 ]