diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index b04bb42bf..ad5984859 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 invoke >= 2.2.0 
 mockito >= 1.4.0 
 robotstatuschecker >= 3.0.1 
-approvaltests == 8.4.1
+approvaltests == 17.1.1
 empty_files >= 0.0.9
 pytest >= 7.4.0 
 pytest-mockito >= 0.0.4