diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/python_testing.yml
index 12cad90d6..529e026bf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_testing.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Perform Testing
       run: |
-        pip install pytest betamax pytest-runner pytest-cov coverage
+        pip install pytest betamax pytest-runner pytest-cov
+        pip install -U coverage\<5.0
         pytest --cov=pykechain tests
 
     - name: Check docs and distribution
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 397db4e2f..795de38ef 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ semver==2.9.0
 PyOpenSSL==19.1.0; python_version <= '2.7'
 
 # testing
-pytest==5.3.1
+pytest==5.3.2
 betamax==0.8.1
 coverage==4.5.4
 pytest-cov==2.8.1