diff --git a/reference-apps/fastapi-api-first/requirements.txt b/reference-apps/fastapi-api-first/requirements.txt
index e9a4940..8bb2477 100644
--- a/reference-apps/fastapi-api-first/requirements.txt
+++ b/reference-apps/fastapi-api-first/requirements.txt
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ prometheus-client==0.24.1
 # Testing
 pytest==9.0.2
 pytest-asyncio==1.3.0
-pytest-cov==7.0.0
+pytest-cov==7.1.0
 pytest-mock==3.15.1