diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index ba2dc242..0f9fa980 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ mypy == 1.19.1
 orjson >= 3.2.1
 pytest >= 6.2.4,< 9.0.0
 pytest-asyncio
-pytest-cov >= 2.12.0,< 8.0.0
+pytest-cov >= 7.1.0,< 8.0.0
 python-multipart >= 0.0.5
 python-socketio==5.16.1
 regex==2026.1.15