diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
index 89f4f4e..a49927b 100644
--- a/requirements_dev.txt
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 nose==1.3.7
 rednose==1.3
 mock==1.0.1
-coverage==4.0.3
+coverage==5.5
 flake8==2.5.4
 
 # AWS Libraries