diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bee8ef757..686971602 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python-dotenv>=1.1.0",
     "exceptiongroup>=1.2.2",
     "httpx>=0.28.1",
-    "mcp>=1.9.2,<2.0.0",
+    "mcp>=1.9.4,<2.0.0",
     "openapi-pydantic>=0.5.1",
     "rich>=13.9.4",
     "typer>=0.15.2",
diff --git a/tests/client/test_streamable_http.py b/tests/client/test_streamable_http.py
index f0ee398bd..11f4b4e33 100644
--- a/tests/client/test_streamable_http.py
+++ b/tests/client/test_streamable_http.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 import sys
-from collections.abc import Generator
+from collections.abc import AsyncGenerator
 
 import pytest
 import uvicorn
@@ -87,9 +87,11 @@ def run_nested_server(host: str, port: int) -> None:
     server.run()
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-def streamable_http_server() -> Generator[str, None, None]:
+@pytest.fixture()
+async def streamable_http_server() -> AsyncGenerator[str, None]:
     with run_server_in_process(run_server, transport="streamable-http") as url:
+        async with Client(transport=StreamableHttpTransport(f"{url}/mcp")) as client:
+            assert await client.ping()
         yield f"{url}/mcp"
 
 
@@ -158,13 +160,3 @@ class TestTimeout:
         ) as client:
             with pytest.raises(McpError):
                 await client.call_tool("sleep", {"seconds": 0.2}, timeout=0.1)
-
-    async def test_timeout_client_timeout_overrides_tool_call_timeout_if_lower(
-        self, streamable_http_server: str
-    ):
-        with pytest.raises(McpError):
-            async with Client(
-                transport=StreamableHttpTransport(streamable_http_server),
-                timeout=0.1,
-            ) as client:
-                await client.call_tool("sleep", {"seconds": 0.2}, timeout=2)
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 4eacf6541..c390a5bb1 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "authlib", specifier = ">=1.5.2" },
     { name = "exceptiongroup", specifier = ">=1.2.2" },
     { name = "httpx", specifier = ">=0.28.1" },
-    { name = "mcp", specifier = ">=1.9.2,<2.0.0" },
+    { name = "mcp", specifier = ">=1.9.4,<2.0.0" },
     { name = "openapi-pydantic", specifier = ">=0.5.1" },
     { name = "python-dotenv", specifier = ">=1.1.0" },
     { name = "rich", specifier = ">=13.9.4" },