diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index eb0e7db..53a158f 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cryptography==1.9
 # test, lint, coverage
 flake8==3.3.0
 tox==2.7.0
-coverage==4.4.1
+coverage==5.3
 coveralls~=1.1
 discover==0.4.0