diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index ef9c84c0..95d06f43 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ py2exe==0.13.0.2; sys_platform == 'win32'
 
 # Testing
 pytest==8.4.2
-pytest-cov==6.1.1  # Pytest code coverage support
+pytest-cov==7.0.0  # Pytest code coverage support
 coverage[toml]==7.11.0 # pytest-cov dep. This is here to ensure that it includes TOML support for pyproject.toml configs
 coverage-conditional-plugin==0.9.0