diff --git a/examples/python/requirements.txt b/examples/python/requirements.txt
index 6f3c7cc286a..5a618aa4d44 100644
--- a/examples/python/requirements.txt
+++ b/examples/python/requirements.txt
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@ pytest-trio==0.8.0
 pytest-rerunfailures==16.4
 flake8==7.3.0
 requests==2.34.2
-tox==4.32.0
+tox==4.56.4
 pytest-xdist==3.8.0
diff --git a/examples/python/tests/conftest.py b/examples/python/tests/conftest.py
index 48a47302231..d3f26e3def1 100644
--- a/examples/python/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/examples/python/tests/conftest.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import contextlib
 import logging
 import os
 import socket
@@ -106,7 +107,8 @@ def log_path():
         logger.removeHandler(handler)
         handler.close()
 
-    os.remove(log_path)
+    with contextlib.suppress(OSError):
+        os.remove(log_path)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope='function')