diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/3823.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/3823.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build: bump pytest-cov from 6.0.0 to 6.1.0 in the testing group
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2e05f7901e..6d79962789 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ tests = [
     "pyansys-tools-report==0.8.2",
     "pyfakefs==5.8.0",
     "pyiges[full]==0.3.1",
-    "pytest-cov==6.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov==6.1.0",
     "pytest-profiling==1.8.1",
     "pytest-pyvista==0.1.9",
     "pytest-random-order==1.1.1",