diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 467b9695d0..136ccf8af1 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # process, which may cause wedges in the gate later.
 hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 
-coverage>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
+coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 mock>=2.0 # BSD
 oslosphinx>=4.7.0 # Apache-2.0