diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
index f63d7da3c..7d9744ee5 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ bump2version==0.5.11
 wheel==0.33.6
 watchdog==0.9.0
 tox==3.14.0
-coverage==4.5.4
+coverage==7.5.1
 Sphinx==7.2.6
 twine==5.0.0
 ruff==0.3.5