diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29c278e2..b9c8ee36 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 testing = [
     "pytest >=7.4,<9.0",
-    "pytest-cov >=2,<7",
+    "pytest-cov >=2,<8",
     "pytest-json-report ~=1.5",
     "flake8 ==7.3.0",
     "coverage ~=7.6"