diff --git a/requirements_for_test.txt b/requirements_for_test.txt
index b1a783ffc..658ed8cec 100644
--- a/requirements_for_test.txt
+++ b/requirements_for_test.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pycodestyle==2.3.1
 pytest==3.1.3
 pytest-mock==1.6.0
 pytest-cov==2.5.1
-pytest-xdist==1.14
+pytest-xdist==1.18.1
 coveralls==1.1
 moto==0.4.25
 httpretty==0.8.14