diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 0e7d2d0d..23dd5938 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ flake8-isort==2.8.0
 pydocstyle==6.1.1
 pylint==2.5.2
 pytest==5.4.2
-pytest-cov==2.8.1
+pytest-cov==2.12.1
 pytest-timeout==1.3.4
 setuptools==57.4.0
 tox==3.14.5