diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d878971f..97d991b0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "coverage>=5.3,<7.9",  # Lets us track what code is being tested
+    "coverage>=5.3,<7.10",  # Lets us track what code is being tested
     "pytest>=6.2,<8.5",  # test framework
 ]
 doc = [