diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6a581002b5b..523c56f1617 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ Sphinx==1.3.6
 alabaster==0.7.7
 check-manifest==0.31
 cov-core==1.15.0
-coverage==4.0.3
+coverage==6.0.2
 coveralls==1.1
 docopt==0.6.2
 docutils==0.12