diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b45a808f1d..d5dc95e1b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dev = [
   "pyautogui",
   "pygame",
   "pyopencl; platform_machine != 'aarch64'", # broken on arm64
-  "pytools < 2024.1.11; platform_machine != 'aarch64'", # pyopencl use a broken version
+  "pytools>=2025.1.6; platform_machine != 'aarch64'",
   "pywinctl",
   "pyprof2calltree",
   "tabulate",
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 650220c875..b179517e0b 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -1459,7 +1459,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "pytest-subtests", marker = "extra == 'testing'" },
     { name = "pytest-timeout", marker = "extra == 'testing'" },
     { name = "pytest-xdist", marker = "extra == 'testing'", git = "https://github.com/sshane/pytest-xdist?rev=2b4372bd62699fb412c4fe2f95bf9f01bd2018da" },
-    { name = "pytools", marker = "platform_machine != 'aarch64' and extra == 'dev'", specifier = "<2024.1.11" },
+    { name = "pytools", marker = "platform_machine != 'aarch64' and extra == 'dev'", specifier = ">=2025.1.6" },
     { name = "pywinctl", marker = "extra == 'dev'" },
     { name = "pyzmq" },
     { name = "qrcode" },
@@ -4488,16 +4488,16 @@ sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/ef/c6/2c5999de3bb153352
 
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+version = "2025.2.5"
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