diff --git a/doc/source/changelog/55.dependencies.md b/doc/source/changelog/55.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be762646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/source/changelog/55.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Build: bump pytest-cov from 6.1.1 to 7.0.0
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 70de8fa8..acabd70f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,11 +56,9 @@ tests = [
   "grpcio==1.71.2",
   "grpcio-health-checking==1.71.2",
   "hypothesis==6.135.10",
-  "pyfakefs==5.8.0",
-  "pytest==8.4.2",
   "pyfakefs==5.9.3",
   "pytest==8.4.2",
-  "pytest-cov==6.1.1",
+  "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
 ]
 
 doc = [