diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 111dbcb..5500380 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ flake8==3.8.3
 Sphinx==3.2.1
 PyYAML==5.3.1
 tox==3.20.0
-coverage==5.2
+coverage==7.6.9
 pytest==5.4.3
 pytest-cov==2.10.0
 black==19.10b0