diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index 5632f5b2..9a3efe12 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14 # https://github.com/GaretJax/sphinx-autobuild
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 flake8==3.9.2  # https://github.com/PyCQA/flake8
 flake8-isort==4.0.0  # https://github.com/gforcada/flake8-isort
-coverage==5.5  # https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
+coverage==6.0.1  # https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy
 black==21.9b0  # https://github.com/psf/black
 pylint-django==2.4.4  # https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint-django
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}