diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4cf9cc85..6567f600 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "coverage>=5.3,<7.15",  # Lets us track what code is being tested
+    "coverage>=5.3,<7.17",  # Lets us track what code is being tested
     "pytest>=6.2,<9.2",  # test framework
 ]
 doc = [