diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index d89621b..22f02b0 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ pytest==4.6.8
 PyYAML==5.1.2
 cryptography==2.8
 Sphinx==1.8.5
-coverage==4.5.4
+coverage==7.6.8
 pytest-runner==5.2
 requests>=2