diff --git a/doc/changelog.d/6042.dependencies.md b/doc/changelog.d/6042.dependencies.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0f1fafc551
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changelog.d/6042.dependencies.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+update pytest-cov requirement from <6.1,>=4.0.0 to >=4.0.0,<6.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c0c539b9eeb..53d2d70f49b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 unit-tests = [
     "pytest>=7.4.0,<8.4",
-    "pytest-cov>=4.0.0,<6.1",
+    "pytest-cov>=4.0.0,<6.2",
     "mock>=5.1.0,<5.3",
 ]
 integration-tests = [