diff --git a/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt b/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
index 566e05febca6..fe62cd221728 100644
--- a/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/py-polars/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ hypothesis==6.97.4
 pytest==8.2.0
 pytest-codspeed==2.2.1
 pytest-cov==5.0.0
-pytest-xdist==3.5.0
+pytest-xdist==3.6.1
 
 # Need moto.server to mock s3fs - see: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiobotocore/issues/755
 moto[s3]==5.0.0