diff --git a/nipype/info.py b/nipype/info.py
index a2a220f238..5efb4282b6 100644
--- a/nipype/info.py
+++ b/nipype/info.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ def get_nipype_gitversion():
 if sys.version_info <= (3, 4):
     REQUIRES.append('configparser')
 
-TESTS_REQUIRES = ['pytest-cov', 'codecov', 'pytest-env']
+TESTS_REQUIRES = ['pytest-cov', 'codecov', 'pytest-env', 'coverage<5']
 
 EXTRA_REQUIRES = {
     'doc': ['Sphinx>=1.4', 'numpydoc', 'matplotlib', 'pydotplus', 'pydot>=1.2.3'],