diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f720ba241..a7c3026a1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest-sugar~=1.1.1",
     "pre-commit~=4.3.0",
     "deepdiff~=8.6.1",
-    "pytest-cov~=7.0.0",
+    "pytest-cov>=7.0,<7.2",
     "twine~=6.2.0",
     "types-retry~=0.9.9.20250322",
     "networkx~=3.2.1",