diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4958d966..d08e5fab 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ dev = [
   "jsonschema>=4.26.0,<5",
   "pip-audit>=2.7,<3",
   "pytest>=9.0.3,<10",
-  "pytest-cov>=5,<8",
+  "pytest-cov>=7.1.0,<8",
   "pytest-xdist>=3.8,<4",
   "ruff>=0.15.13,<1",
   "sigstore>=4.2.0,<5",