diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index f807b93..f9cb69c 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
-
-# Coverage==5.0 fails with `Safety level may not be changed inside a transaction`
-# on python 3.6.0 (xenial) (https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/703)
-coverage<5.0
+coverage
 mypy
 pre-commit>=1.0.0
 pytest