diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/1081.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/1081.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1fc80d686
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+++ b/doc/changelog.d/1081.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+build: bump pytest-cov from 4.1.0 to 5.0.0
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diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fe69547098..f7ff802c2f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ tests = [
     "Pint==0.23",
     "protobuf==4.25.1",
     "pytest==8.1.1",
-    "pytest-cov==4.1.0",
+    "pytest-cov==5.0.0",
     "pytest-pyvista==0.1.9",
     "pytest-xvfb==3.0.0",
     "pyvista[jupyter]==0.43.4",