diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 50b031576..94554d78b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ passenv = PYTHON DISPLAY XAUTHORITY HOME
 deps =
     {[testenv:unittests]deps}
     coverage==3.7.1
-    pytest-cov==1.8.1
+    pytest-cov==2.0.0
     cov-core==1.15.0
 commands =
     {envpython} scripts/link_pyqt.py --tox {envdir}