diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 04e171e..27c7a91 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 bumpversion==0.6.0
 pip==21.0.1
 flake8==3.8.4
-coverage==5.4
+coverage==7.6.4
 Sphinx==3.4.3
 pyyaml==5.4.1
 cryptography==3.3.2