diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a6d239c..a84056f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     url='https://github.com/macbre/wbc',
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
-        'coverage==7.12.0',
+        'coverage==7.13.0',
         'docopt==0.6.2',
         'lxml>=3.4.0',  # use the version provided by python-lxml package
         'pytest==9.0.1',