diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index aa695dda..81db7d77 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+### `2.1.7`
+
+- [#279](https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python/pull/279) Fix pinned coverage version
+
 ### `2.1.6`
 
 - [#275](https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python/pull/275) Fix GitHub Actions implementation
diff --git a/codecov/__version__.py b/codecov/__version__.py
index 8344be9c..2661eb1e 100644
--- a/codecov/__version__.py
+++ b/codecov/__version__.py
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 __license__ = "Apache 2.0"
 __title__ = "codecov"
 __url__ = "https://github.com/codecov/codecov-python"
-__version__ = "2.1.6"
+__version__ = "2.1.7"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 60414316..4d418234 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     packages=["codecov"],
     include_package_data=True,
     zip_safe=True,
-    install_requires=["requests>=2.7.9", "coverage==4.5.4"],
+    install_requires=["requests>=2.7.9", "coverage"],
     entry_points={"console_scripts": ["codecov=codecov:main"]},
     python_requires=">=2.7, !=3.0.*, !=3.1.*, !=3.2.*, !=3.3.*",
 )