diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d86bb32..46b0128 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ paramiko==2.4.2
 PGPy==0.5.2
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.3
 pytest==5.0.1
-pytest-cov==2.7.1
+pytest-cov==2.12.1
 -e git+https://github.com/MoveOnOrg/python-actionkit.git@public-master#egg=python-actionkit
 python-coveralls==2.9.3
 git+https://github.com/sreynen/pywell@main#egg=pywell