diff --git a/tools/requirements.txt b/tools/requirements.txt
index c48971c5..325c61f9 100644
--- a/tools/requirements.txt
+++ b/tools/requirements.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ py==1.8.1
 pycodestyle==2.5.0
 pyflakes==2.1.1
 pyparsing==2.4.6
-pytest-cov==2.8.1
+pytest-cov==2.12.1
 pytest==4.6.11
 scandir==1.10.0 ; python_version < '3.5'
 six==1.13.0