diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 8e2623b..4bfaced 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.5.0
 tox==3.5.2
-coverage==4.5.1
+coverage==7.6.8
 Sphinx==1.8.1
 twine==1.12.1
 flask