Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/dependabot/pip/pytest-cov-7.1.0' into dev

Author: usnavy13

requirements.txt

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.9.0.post0
 # Testing framework
 pytest==9.0.3
 pytest-asyncio==1.3.0
-pytest-cov==4.1.0
+pytest-cov==7.1.0
 pytest-mock==3.15.1
 
 # Development tools