diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b552ac3f92b4c..0f780d364dc72 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1871,7 +1871,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "parity-util-mem",
  "paste 1.0.4",
- "pretty_assertions 0.6.1",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "serde",
  "smallvec 1.6.1",
  "sp-arithmetic",
@@ -1924,7 +1924,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "frame-support",
  "frame-system",
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "pretty_assertions 0.6.1",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "rustversion",
  "serde",
  "sp-core",
@@ -4301,7 +4301,7 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "frame-system",
  "parity-scale-codec",
- "pretty_assertions 0.6.1",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "sp-application-crypto",
  "sp-core",
  "sp-runtime",
@@ -4888,7 +4888,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pallet-utility",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "paste 1.0.4",
- "pretty_assertions 0.7.2",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "pwasm-utils",
  "rand 0.8.3",
  "rand_pcg 0.3.0",
@@ -6238,18 +6238,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "treeline",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "pretty_assertions"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3f81e1644e1b54f5a68959a29aa86cde704219254669da328ecfdf6a1f09d427"
-dependencies = [
- "ansi_term 0.11.0",
- "ctor",
- "difference",
- "output_vt100",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "pretty_assertions"
 version = "0.7.2"
@@ -8949,7 +8937,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "parity-util-mem",
  "parking_lot 0.11.1",
- "pretty_assertions 0.6.1",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "primitive-types",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "rand_chacha 0.2.2",
@@ -9312,7 +9300,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "parity-scale-codec",
  "parking_lot 0.11.1",
- "pretty_assertions 0.6.1",
+ "pretty_assertions",
  "rand 0.7.3",
  "smallvec 1.6.1",
  "sp-core",
diff --git a/bin/node/primitives/Cargo.toml b/bin/node/primitives/Cargo.toml
index 170983d7e0964..d9013fd75c0d3 100644
--- a/bin/node/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bin/node/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../..
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 sp-serializer = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../../../primitives/serializer" }
-pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+pretty_assertions = "0.7.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
diff --git a/frame/support/Cargo.toml b/frame/support/Cargo.toml
index ed3a2f45a2e14..06c4b25fb3388 100644
--- a/frame/support/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/support/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ smallvec = "1.4.1"
 log = { version = "0.4.14", default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+pretty_assertions = "0.7.2"
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../system" }
 parity-util-mem = { version = "0.10.0", default-features = false, features = ["primitive-types"] }
 
diff --git a/frame/support/test/Cargo.toml b/frame/support/test/Cargo.toml
index 9dd0156e72c1a..a47b8c8d4487c 100644
--- a/frame/support/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/frame/support/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ sp-runtime = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../..
 sp-core = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/core" }
 sp-std = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../../primitives/std" }
 trybuild = "1.0.42"
-pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+pretty_assertions = "0.7.2"
 rustversion = "1.0.0"
 frame-metadata = { version = "14.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../metadata" }
 frame-system = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path = "../../system" }
diff --git a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
index 711fcc37e8556..e9014395311c9 100644
--- a/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ sp-runtime-interface = { version = "4.0.0-dev", default-features = false, path =
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 sp-serializer = { version = "3.0.0", path = "../serializer" }
-pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+pretty_assertions = "0.7.2"
 hex-literal = "0.3.1"
 rand = "0.7.2"
 criterion = "0.3.3"
diff --git a/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml b/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
index e5c9ea9890687..7fa2efb1b8970 100644
--- a/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/state-machine/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ tracing = { version = "0.1.22", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 hex-literal = "0.3.1"
 sp-runtime = { version = "4.0.0-dev", path = "../runtime" }
-pretty_assertions = "0.6.1"
+pretty_assertions = "0.7.2"
 
 [features]
 default = ["std"]