diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 7b6c5e3..af89906 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ repos:
         args: []
         additional_dependencies:
           - pytest>=7.0.0
+          - execnet>=2.1.0
           - py>=1.10.0
diff --git a/changelog/1057.removal b/changelog/1057.removal
index fbd9c5d..71aad7f 100644
--- a/changelog/1057.removal
+++ b/changelog/1057.removal
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 pytest>=7.0.0 is now required.
+
+execnet>=2.1.0 is now required.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 144df63..7ae28b1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    "execnet>=1.1",
+    "execnet>=2.1",
     "pytest>=7.0.0",
 ]
 dynamic = ["version"]
diff --git a/src/xdist/workermanage.py b/src/xdist/workermanage.py
index d183dc9..d2f790f 100644
--- a/src/xdist/workermanage.py
+++ b/src/xdist/workermanage.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class NodeManager:
         # XXX This changes the calling behaviour of
         #     pytest_xdist_rsyncstart and pytest_xdist_rsyncfinish to
         #     be called once per rsync target.
-        rsync = HostRSync(source, verbose=verbose, ignores=ignores)
+        rsync = HostRSync(source, verbose=verbose > 0, ignores=ignores)
         spec = gateway.spec
         if spec.popen and not spec.chdir:
             # XXX This assumes that sources are python-packages
@@ -175,12 +175,12 @@ class HostRSync(execnet.RSync):
         sourcedir: PathLike,
         *,
         ignores: Optional[Sequence[PathLike]] = None,
-        **kwargs: object,
+        verbose: bool = True,
     ) -> None:
         if ignores is None:
             ignores = []
         self._ignores = [re.compile(fnmatch.translate(os.fspath(x))) for x in ignores]
-        super().__init__(sourcedir=Path(sourcedir), **kwargs)
+        super().__init__(sourcedir=Path(sourcedir), verbose=verbose)
 
     def filter(self, path: PathLike) -> bool:
         path = Path(path)
diff --git a/testing/test_workermanage.py b/testing/test_workermanage.py
index e7fa3f5..1246911 100644
--- a/testing/test_workermanage.py
+++ b/testing/test_workermanage.py
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ class TestNodeManagerPopen:
                 def waitclose(self):
                     pass
 
-            gw.remote_exec = pseudoexec
+            gw.remote_exec = pseudoexec  # type: ignore[assignment]
         notifications = []
         for gw in hm.group:
             hm.rsync(gw, source, notify=lambda *args: notifications.append(args))
         assert not notifications
         hm.teardown_nodes()
         assert not len(hm.group)
-        assert "sys.path.insert" in gw.remote_exec.args[0]
+        assert "sys.path.insert" in gw.remote_exec.args[0]  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
 
     def test_rsync_popen_with_path(
         self, config, source: Path, dest: Path, workercontroller