diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 884413c..ad1be11 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ all = ["aisec[pdf,network,secrets,crypto,pii,garak,modelscan,adversarial,api,sta
 dev = [
     "pytest>=8.0.0",
     "pytest-asyncio>=0.23.0",
-    "pytest-cov>=5.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=7.1.0",
     "ruff>=0.5.0",
     "mypy>=1.10.0",
     "pre-commit>=3.7.0",