diff --git a/requirements-ci.txt b/requirements-ci.txt
index fce1b20..c468681 100644
--- a/requirements-ci.txt
+++ b/requirements-ci.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # these are not required to run the program
 # but required to run tests and ci checks
 pytest==9.0.2
-pytest-cov==7.0.0
+pytest-cov==7.1.0
 codecov==2.1.13
 prospector==1.17.3