diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index dfccd90..10aa64e 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 watchdog==2.1.3
 flake8==3.9.2
 tox==3.23.1
-coverage==5.5
+coverage==7.0.1
 Sphinx==4.0.3
 twine==3.4.1