diff --git a/backend/pyproject.toml b/backend/pyproject.toml
index cbe9a22e..bef0f442 100644
--- a/backend/pyproject.toml
+++ b/backend/pyproject.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ dev = [
     "pylint==4.0.2",
     "pytest==8.4.0",
     "pytest-asyncio==1.3.0",
-    "pytest-cov==6.2.0",
+    "pytest-cov==7.0.0",
     "pytest-xdist==3.8.0",
     "ruff==0.14.4",
     "vulture==2.14",