diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 19d85b30a..31fe93f25 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ py-solc-ast>=1.2.4,<2.0.0
 py-solc-x>=0.8.1,<1.0.0
 pygments==2.6.1
 pytest==5.4.1
-pytest-xdist==1.31.0
+pytest-xdist==2.3.0
 pythx==1.5.6
 pyyaml>=5.3.0,<6.0.0
 requests>=2.23.0,<3.0.0