diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/4231.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/4231.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Bump pytest-cov from 6.3.0 to 7.0.0 in the testing group
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 584d8a852d5..298eda59fed 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ tests = [
   "pyansys-tools-report==0.8.3",
   "pyfakefs==5.9.3",
   "pyiges[full]==0.3.2",
-  "pytest-cov==6.3.0",
+  "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
   "pytest-profiling==1.8.1",
   "pytest-pyvista==0.2.0",
   "pytest-random-order==1.2.0",