diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index b3bc190..7c8a4cf 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ wheel==0.35.1
 watchdog==0.10.3
 flake8==3.8.4
 tox==3.20.1
-coverage==5.3
+coverage==7.2.1
 Sphinx==3.3.0
 sphinx-automodapi==0.13
 twine==3.2.0