diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 847abc0b..4d225589 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ install_requires =
 testing =
     ddt >= 0.7.0
     mock-services >= 0.3
-    pytest-cov == 2.10.1
+    pytest-cov == 5.0.0
     pytest >= 6.1.2
     # mock-services is old and unmaintained. Doesn't work with newer versions
     # of requests-mock. Thus, we have to pin it down.