diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
index c63920dbc..63267a14e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ lint: ## check style with flake8
 
 test: ## run tests quickly with the default Python
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_pytest == 'y' %}
-	pytest
+	pytest -v --cov={{ cookiecutter.project_slug }} --cov-report=term-missing
 {%- else %}
 	python setup.py test
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
index f7984b22d..351825b8f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.8
 tox==3.14.0
-coverage==4.5.4
+coverage==5.2
 Sphinx==1.8.5
 twine==1.14.0
 {% if cookiecutter.command_line_interface|lower == 'click' -%}
 Click==7.0{% endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.use_pytest == 'y' -%}
-pytest==4.6.5
-pytest-runner==5.1{% endif %}
\ No newline at end of file
+pytest==5.4.3
+pytest-cov==2.10.0
+pytest-runner==5.2{% endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.py
index 04054e7fd..bdc8e971a 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 setup_requirements = [{%- if cookiecutter.use_pytest == 'y' %}'pytest-runner',{%- endif %} ]
 
-test_requirements = [{%- if cookiecutter.use_pytest == 'y' %}'pytest>=3',{%- endif %} ]
+test_requirements = [{%- if cookiecutter.use_pytest == 'y' %}'pytest-cov>=2.10.0',{%- endif %} ]
 
 {%- set license_classifiers = {
     'MIT license': 'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',