diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 29840cb..1c32bff 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ local_scheme = "no-local-version"
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 testing = [
     "pytest >=7.4,<9.0",
-    "pytest-cov >=2,<6",
+    "pytest-cov >=2,<8",
     "pytest-json-report ~=1.5",
     "coverage ~=7.6"
 ]