diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3fe13c3..ba7c0bf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pylint = "^3.1.0"
 black = ">=26.3.1"
 isort = "^5.13.2"
 mypy = "^1.8.0"
-pytest-cov = "^5.0.0"
+pytest-cov = ">=5,<8"
 backoff = "^1.2.1"
 ruff = "^0.11.10"
 import-linter = "^2.3.0"