diff --git a/kubernetes_asyncio/test-requirements.txt b/kubernetes_asyncio/test-requirements.txt
index d354965e13..512e0a011e 100644
--- a/kubernetes_asyncio/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/kubernetes_asyncio/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 pytest~=4.6.7 # needed for python 2.7+3.4
-pytest-cov>=2.8.1
+pytest-cov>=7.1.0
 pytest-randomly==4.1.0 # needed for python 2.7+3.4