diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3e031954..3730e59b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dev = [
 test = [
   "pytest==7.2.2",
   "pytest-cov==3.0.0",
-  "pytest-xdist==3.1.0",
+  "pytest-xdist==3.6.1",
   "pytest-sugar==0.9.7",
   "pytest-testmon==2.1.0",
   "pytest-benchmark==4.0.0",