diff --git a/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req b/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
index 45c4e6b..9e1ce8f 100644
--- a/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
+++ b/cmake/catkin-pip-fixups.req
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 nose==1.3.7
 # Also install pytest since we support it
 pytest==3.5.0
-pytest-cov==2.4.0
+pytest-cov==2.6.1
 pytest-timeout==1.2.0
 
 # Fixing security since python 2.7.6 on trusty is broken : https://stackoverflow.com/questions/29099404/ssl-insecureplatform-error-when-using-requests-package