diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 345d6aa08..0e5a43dba 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -385,10 +385,7 @@ setup(name="tahoe-lafs", # also set in __init__.py
               # this version from time to time, but we will do it
               # intentionally.
               "pyflakes == 2.2.0",
-              # coverage 5.0 breaks the integration tests in some opaque way.
-              # This probably needs to be addressed in a more permanent way
-              # eventually...
-              "coverage ~= 4.5",
+              "coverage ~= 5.0",
               "mock",
               "tox",
               "pytest",