diff --git a/backend/Pipfile b/backend/Pipfile
index 9ece90f8d..c6e2cd176 100644
--- a/backend/Pipfile
+++ b/backend/Pipfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pylint = "3.3.1"
 pytest = "8.3.4"
 pytest-asyncio = "0.21.2"
 pytest-cov = "4.0.0"
-pytest-xdist = "3.2.1"
+pytest-xdist = "3.6.1"
 ruff = "0.9.1"
 vulture = "2.10"