diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 697fb869..4a0f3567 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ isort = "^5.9.3"
 flake8 = "^5.0.4"
 bandit = "^1.7.4"
 coverage = "^7.1"
-pytest-cov = "^5.0.0"
+pytest-cov = ">=5,<8"
 pytest-xdist = "^3.1.0"
 unasync = "^0.6.0"
 pytest-asyncio = "^0.24.0"