diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index a17b1ac..c378109 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flake8>=6.0.0
 bandit[toml]>=1.7.9
 pytest>=9.1.1
-pytest-cov>=4.1.0
+pytest-cov>=7.1.0
 
 # starlette's TestClient (used by tests/test_api.py) requires httpx2;
 # it falls back to httpx with a deprecation warning, and raises if neither