diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index cfe7803c..8a2b985c 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-coverage>=5.4
+coverage>=7.15.2
 pylint>=4.0.6
 flake8>=3.8.4
 mypy>=0.930
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 738353ae..774ddfd0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sapcli = "sap.cli._entry:main"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "coverage>=5.4",
+    "coverage>=7.15.2",
     "pylint>=4.0.6",
     "flake8>=3.8.4",
     "mypy>=0.930",