diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 372cb2c..e201d80 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ dynamic = ["version"]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = ["pytest>=7.0"]
-coverage = ["pytest>=7.0", "pytest-cov>=4"]
+coverage = ["mqt.misim[test]", "pytest-cov>=4"]
 docs = [
     "furo>=2023.08.17",
     "sphinx",