diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 404345e..f162b28 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 
 hacking<0.12,>=0.11.0 # Apache-2.0
-coverage>=3.6 # Apache-2.0
+coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 python-subunit>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 sphinx!=1.3b1,<1.4,>=1.2.1 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0