diff --git a/global-requirements.txt b/global-requirements.txt
index 79beec93a4..398d3e3b93 100644
--- a/global-requirements.txt
+++ b/global-requirements.txt
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ PyMySQL  # MIT License
 pytest  # MIT
 pytest-django  # BSD (3 clause)
 pytest-html  #MPL-2.0
+pytest-xdist  # MIT
 pywbem  # LGPLv2.1+
 pywinrm  # MIT
 salt!=2019.2.1,!=2019.2.2;python_version!='3.8'  # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/upper-constraints.txt b/upper-constraints.txt
index 3ad22e2123..812e04d561 100644
--- a/upper-constraints.txt
+++ b/upper-constraints.txt
@@ -583,3 +583,4 @@ actdiag===2.0.0
 sysv-ipc===1.0.1
 sphinxcontrib-applehelp===1.0.2
 scikit-learn===0.23.1
+pytest-xdist===1.32.0