diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index b1f2ff04..a24aa46d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
             "pytest==6.2.4",
             "pytest-sugar==0.9.4",
             "pytest-instafail==0.4.2",
-            "pytest-cov==2.11.1",
+            "pytest-cov==2.12.0",
             "pycodestyle==2.7.0",
             "black==21.5b1",
             "isort==5.8.0",