diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 3f18e01..649cf4e 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 watchdog==2.0.2
 flake8==3.9.0
 tox==3.23.0
-coverage==5.5
+coverage==7.6.5
 Sphinx==3.5.3
 twine==3.4.1