diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 4181a4830776..64fe653280f5 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pytest-cov==3.0.0
 pytest-forked==1.3.0
 pytest-mock==3.6.1
 pytest-rerunfailures==10.2
-pytest-xdist==2.4.0
+pytest-xdist==2.5.0
 PyVISA==1.11.3
 PyVISA-sim==0.4.0
 PyYAML==6.0