diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e3d791bc..25dc9bad 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ pytest==8.3.4
 pytest-xdist[psutil]==3.6.1
 betamax==0.9.0
 
-coverage~=7.6.8  # pinned to <7 as coveralls is preventing v7 for coverage
+coverage~=7.6.9  # pinned to <7 as coveralls is preventing v7 for coverage
 pytest-cov==6.0.0
 coveralls==4.0.1
 Pillow==11.0.0