diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 34b21da..245205b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@ wheel==0.36.2
 watchdog==2.1.6
 flake8==4.0.1
 tox==3.24.4
-coverage==6.0.2
+coverage==7.0.1
 Sphinx==4.0.3
 twine==3.4.1