diff --git a/ci/test_requirements.txt b/ci/test_requirements.txt
index 265398a71..fb15ea168 100644
--- a/ci/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/ci/test_requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 pytest==7.1.3
 netCDF4==1.6.1
-coverage==6.4.4
+coverage==7.3.1
 vcrpy==4.2.1