diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 1aebd77..1a06e47 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ wheel>=0.34.2
 watchdog==2.1.3
 flake8==3.9.2
 tox==3.24.0
-coverage==5.5
+coverage==7.2.0
 Sphinx==4.1.1
 sphinx-automodapi==0.13
 twine==3.4.1