diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index ff44544..3a58b81 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 watchdog==1.0.2
 flake8==3.9.1
 tox==3.21.2
-coverage==5.4
+coverage==7.2.7
 Sphinx==3.5.4
 twine==3.3.0
 pytest==6.2.2