diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b54b4f7..4f69e14 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ mosquitto = "pytest_mqtt.mosquitto"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-  "coverage<7",
+  "coverage<8",
   "pytest<8",
   "pytest-fixture-order<1",
   "pytest-ordering<1",