diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 6d1e638..b907ff8 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bump2version==1.0.1
 wheel==0.37.0
 flake8==3.9.2
 tox==3.24.4
-coverage==6.0
+coverage==7.1.0
 Sphinx==4.2.0
 twine==3.4.2