diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 7ac9fb2..7520e0b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bumpversion==0.5.3
 wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.8
-coverage==4.5.4
+coverage==7.6.8
 Sphinx==2.2.0
 tox==3.14.0
 twine==2.0.0