diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 452d673..598fef6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Issues = "https://github.com/sachn-cs/knowledge/issues"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
     "pytest>=9.1.1",
-    "pytest-cov>=5.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=7.1.0",
     "ruff>=0.15.20",
     "mypy>=2.1.0",
     "vulture>=2.7",