diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 2fe6e339..81547a0d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
-    "coverage[toml]~=6.3",
+    "coverage[toml]>=6.3,<8.0",
     "pytest>=7.2,<9.0",
     "pytest-rerunfailures~=14.0",
 ]