diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 23ec5c0..aaf25d8 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.1
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.7
 tox==3.7.0
-coverage==4.5.2
+coverage==7.6.9
 Sphinx==1.8.4
 twine==1.13.0