diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-37-locale.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-37-locale.yaml
index 05adbf0c924dc..26dcd213bbfa0 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-37-locale.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-37-locale.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ dependencies:
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   # universal
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
-  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest>=5.0.1
+  - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
   - pytest-mock
   - pytest-azurepipelines
   - pip
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-37-numpydev.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-37-numpydev.yaml
index 5cf897c98da10..65c92ec1dcf0d 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-37-numpydev.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-37-numpydev.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ dependencies:
   - pytz
   - Cython>=0.28.2
   # universal
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
+  # pytest < 5 until defaults has pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
+  - pytest>=4.0.2,<5.0
   - pytest-xdist
   - pytest-mock
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-macos-35.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-macos-35.yaml
index 98859b596ab2a..cb2ac08cbf758 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-macos-35.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-macos-35.yaml
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ dependencies:
   - pip:
     - pyreadstat
     # universal
-    - pytest==4.5.0
-    - pytest-xdist
+    - pytest>=5.0.1
+    - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
     - pytest-mock
     - hypothesis>=3.58.0
     # https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/issues/27421
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
index b0f3f5389ac85..ff9264a36cb12 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-36.yaml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ dependencies:
   - xlwt
   # universal
   - cython>=0.28.2
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
-  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest>=5.0.1
+  - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
   - pytest-mock
   - pytest-azurepipelines
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
index 08208d1e2d59a..075234a937035 100644
--- a/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/azure-windows-37.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ dependencies:
   - xlwt
   # universal
   - cython>=0.28.2
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
-  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest>=5.0.0
+  - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
   - pytest-mock
   - pytest-azurepipelines
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
index a3f6d5b30f3e1..19002cbb8575e 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-36-cov.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ dependencies:
   - xlsxwriter
   - xlwt
   # universal
-  - pytest
-  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest>=5.0.1
+  - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
   - pytest-cov
   - pytest-mock
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
diff --git a/ci/deps/travis-37.yaml b/ci/deps/travis-37.yaml
index c9a8c274fb144..9e08c41a3d9c0 100644
--- a/ci/deps/travis-37.yaml
+++ b/ci/deps/travis-37.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ dependencies:
   - pyarrow
   - pytz
   # universal
-  - pytest>=4.0.2
-  - pytest-xdist
+  - pytest>=5.0.0
+  - pytest-xdist>=1.29.0
   - pytest-mock
   - hypothesis>=3.58.0
   - s3fs