diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index a3dc814..fc1307d 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==7.6.5
 Sphinx==1.8.5
 twine==1.14.0
 meshio==4.3.11