diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index a9588019d..fd9123cc5 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 [run]
+source =
+    pycroft
+    ldap_sync
+    hades_logs
+    web
 omit =
-    */lib/python2.6/*
-    */pyshared/*
-    tests/*
-    */alembic/versions/*
-    web/*
+    tests
+    **/alembic/**
+    .pycharm_helpers
 
 [report]
 omit =
-    */lib/python2.6/*
-    */pyshared/*
-    tests/*
-    */alembic/versions/*
-    web/*
-
+    **/alembic/**
diff --git a/requirements.dev.txt b/requirements.dev.txt
index cf3b2cf2a..356ef4155 100644
--- a/requirements.dev.txt
+++ b/requirements.dev.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-coverage~=5.3.1
 factory-boy~=3.2.0
 pydot~=1.4.1
 pytest~=7.0.0
 pytest-timeout~=2.1.0
-pytest-cov~=3.0.0
+pytest-cov~=4.0.0
+# required for pycharm „run with coverage“ reporting
+coverage~=6.5.0
 git+https://github.com/lukasjuhrich/sqlalchemy_schemadisplay.git@master#egg=sqlalchemy-schemadisplay
 sphinx~=5.1.1
 sphinx-autobuild~=2021.3.14