diff --git a/v1/medcat-tutorials/requirements-dev.txt b/v1/medcat-tutorials/requirements-dev.txt
index 4e79b8878..589fc4fbb 100644
--- a/v1/medcat-tutorials/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/v1/medcat-tutorials/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ medcat~=1.16.0
 pandas<2.0.0
 seaborn~=0.11.2
 pytest<9.1.0
-pytest-xdist~=2.5.0
+pytest-xdist>=3.0,<4
 nbmake<1.5
 nbconvert<6
 jinja2<=3.0