diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index bd2f9fa7511..bf27f430271 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ dev =
     pytest-mock==3.15.1
     pytest-timeout==2.1.0
     pytest-trio==0.8.0
-    pytest-xdist==2.5.0
+    pytest-xdist==3.8.0
     trio-typing[mypy]>=0.6,<0.11
     types-cryptography==3.3.18
 docs =