diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ddd38e0..84c391c 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.6.0
 tox==3.8.6
 Sphinx==2.1.2
-coverage==4.5.2
+coverage==7.6.7
 twine==1.12.1
 
 pytest==4.4.0