diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b2faf2e9..65aeb727 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ dev = [
 test = [
   "pytest>=7.1.3,<7.3.0",
   "pytest-cov>=3.0.0,<3.1.0",
-  "pytest-xdist>=3.0.0,<3.2.0",
+  "pytest-xdist>=3.0.0,<3.6.0",
   "pytest-sugar>=0.9.4,<0.10.0",
 ]
 docs = [