diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 94741d9..4658733 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.4
 watchdog==0.9.0
 tox==3.12.1
 enscons==0.6.0
-coverage==4.5.3
+coverage==7.6.9
 twine==1.13.0
 Sphinx==2.1.2
 cffi==1.12.3