diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9b5bab61..da8dea49 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ setup(
         "docs": ["sphinx_rtd_theme", "sphinx-autobuild", "codespell"],
         "test": [
             "pytest>=5.2.2,<6.3.0",
-            "pytest-xdist>=2.2.1,<2.5",
+            "pytest-xdist>=2.2.1,<2.6",
             "pytest-asyncio>=0.10,<0.17",
             "beautifulsoup4>=4.8.1,<4.11.0",
             "black==21.11b1",