diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index d2a00ab05f..e21a1f7ac6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp ~/frappe-bench/sites/.coverage ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
           cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
-          pip install coveralls==3.0.1
-          pip install coverage==5.5
+          pip install coveralls==2.2.0
+          pip install coverage==4.5.4
           coveralls --service=github
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 91f235159f..193c5a86b6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ boto3~=1.17.53
 braintree~=4.8.0
 chardet~=4.0.0
 Click~=7.1.2
-coverage~=5.5
+coverage~=4.5.4
 croniter~=1.0.11
 cryptography~=3.4.7
 dropbox~=11.7.0