diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 88d8315..908fb8f 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.8
 tox==3.14.0
-coverage==4.5.4
+coverage==7.6.9
 Sphinx==2.2.0
 twine==2.0.0