diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c398adc3..f8a18818 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=9.1.1",
-    "pytest-cov>=5.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=7.1.0",
     "ruff>=0.4",
     "mypy>=1.10",
     "types-jsonschema",