diff --git a/tests/unit/requirements.txt b/tests/unit/requirements.txt
index 1177b55a91..fc67b1b034 100644
--- a/tests/unit/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/unit/requirements.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ python-memcached ; python_version >= '3.6'
 
 # requirement for the redis cache plugin
 redis
+async-timeout ; python_version == '3.11'
 
 # requirement for the linode module
 linode-python  # APIv3