diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ea164a7f..59a60d0c 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.31.1
 watchdog==0.8.3
 flake8==3.5.0
 tox==2.9.1
-coverage==4.5.1
+coverage==7.6.8
 Sphinx==1.7.7
 cryptography==2.3.1
 pytest==4.5.0