diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 6a6514ce..fad86434 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Local development dependencies go here
 -r base.txt
 
-coverage==4.4.2
+coverage==4.5
 django-coverage-plugin==1.5.0
 
 Sphinx==1.6.6