diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 6454fb1..1ce2062 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.9
 tox==3.14.5
-coverage==5.0.3
+coverage==7.6.8
 Sphinx==2.3.1
 twine==3.1.1