diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index c973431..10f05f9 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.34.2
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.7
 tox==3.11.1
-coverage==4.5.3
+coverage==7.6.2
 twine==3.2.0
 Sphinx==3.1.2