diff --git a/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240722-194250.yaml b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240722-194250.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f5a07dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changes/unreleased/Dependencies-20240722-194250.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+kind: "Dependencies"
+body: "Update pytest-xdist requirement from ~=3.5 to ~=3.6"
+time: 2024-07-22T19:42:50.00000Z
+custom:
+  Author: dependabot[bot]
+  PR: 881
diff --git a/dev-requirements.txt b/dev-requirements.txt
index d7e570f92..2f7dbc57a 100644
--- a/dev-requirements.txt
+++ b/dev-requirements.txt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ pytest~=7.4
 pytest-csv~=3.0
 pytest-dotenv~=0.5.2
 pytest-logbook~=1.2
-pytest-xdist~=3.5
+pytest-xdist~=3.6
 tox~=4.16
 
 # build