diff --git a/requirements/_tests.txt b/requirements/_tests.txt
index c5103368a17..afc6bec5da5 100644
--- a/requirements/_tests.txt
+++ b/requirements/_tests.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pytest-cov ==5.0.0
 pytest-doctestplus ==1.2.1
 pytest-rerunfailures ==14.0
 pytest-timeout ==2.3.1
-pytest-xdist ==3.5.0
+pytest-xdist ==3.6.1
 phmdoctest ==1.4.0
 
 psutil <5.10.0