diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
index b36bec9fa..a18b38f22 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/backend/requirements/development.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 django-extensions==3.1.5
 
 pytest==8.0.2
-pytest-cov==3.0.0
+pytest-cov==5.0.0
 pytest-django==4.5.1
 pytest-mock==3.12.0