diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index d7d7f009..cba99dd6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ py2exe==0.10.4.1; sys_platform == 'win32'
 
 # Testing
 pytest==6.2.5
-pytest-cov==2.12.1  # Pytest code coverage support
+pytest-cov==3.0.0  # Pytest code coverage support
 coverage[toml]==5.5 # pytest-cov dep. This is here to ensure that it includes TOML support for pyproject.toml configs
 # For manipulating folder permissions and the like.
 pywin32==301; sys_platform == 'win32'