diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 69a3d7d..de054e1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ tools = [
 ]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=8.4.2,<9.0.0",
-    "pytest-cov>=4.1.0,<8.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=7.1.0,<8.0.0",
     "pytest-timeout>=2.1.0,<3.0.0",
     "mypy>=1.19.1,<2.0.0",
     "ruff>=0.15.10,<1.0.0",