diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index b622f2ab..3f1bfd4e 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ wheel==0.33.4
 watchdog==0.9.0
 flake8==3.7.7
 tox==3.9.0
-coverage==4.5.3
+coverage==7.2.5
 Sphinx==2.0.1
 twine==1.13.0
 sphinx_rtd_theme==0.4.3