diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
index 93fe8e42e00..69b8e9b36f8 100644
--- a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-coverage-update.yml
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 minor_changes:
-  - ansible-test - Update ``coverage`` to version 7.5.3.
+  - ansible-test - Update ``coverage`` to version 7.6.1.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible-test.txt b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible-test.txt
index 5c1870cc6eb..50f951c845b 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible-test.txt
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_data/requirements/ansible-test.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # The test-constraints sanity test verifies this file, but changes must be made manually to keep it in up-to-date.
-coverage == 7.5.3 ; python_version >= '3.8' and python_version <= '3.13'
+coverage == 7.6.1 ; python_version >= '3.8' and python_version <= '3.13'
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/coverage_util.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/coverage_util.py
index d91fc77a74a..2bec9c791e3 100644
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/coverage_util.py
+++ b/test/lib/ansible_test/_internal/coverage_util.py
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ class CoverageVersion:
 
 COVERAGE_VERSIONS = (
     # IMPORTANT: Keep this in sync with the ansible-test.txt requirements file.
-    CoverageVersion('7.5.3', 7, (3, 8), (3, 13)),
+    CoverageVersion('7.6.1', 7, (3, 8), (3, 13)),
 )
 """
 This tuple specifies the coverage version to use for Python version ranges.