diff --git a/Versions.props b/Versions.props
index 3b588db..9d2a18d 100644
--- a/Versions.props
+++ b/Versions.props
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <NSubstituteVersion>5.1.0</NSubstituteVersion>
     <TunnelVisionLabsReferenceAssemblyAnnotatorVersion>1.0.0-alpha.160</TunnelVisionLabsReferenceAssemblyAnnotatorVersion>
     <XunitAnalyzersVersion>1.12.0</XunitAnalyzersVersion>
-    <XunitVersion>2.7.1</XunitVersion>
+    <XunitVersion>2.7.2-pre.17</XunitVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/Utility/RunSettings.cs b/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/Utility/RunSettings.cs
index 2e3593f..5cdf3ff 100644
--- a/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/Utility/RunSettings.cs
+++ b/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/Utility/RunSettings.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public class RunSettings
 	public TestMethodDisplay? MethodDisplay { get; set; }
 	public TestMethodDisplayOptions? MethodDisplayOptions { get; set; }
 	public bool? NoAutoReporters { get; set; }
+	public ParallelAlgorithm? ParallelAlgorithm { get; set; }
 	public bool? ParallelizeAssembly { get; set; }
 	public bool? ParallelizeTestCollections { get; set; }
 	public bool? PreEnumerateTheories { get; set; }
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ public void CopyTo(TestAssemblyConfiguration configuration)
 			configuration.MethodDisplay = MethodDisplay;
 		if (MethodDisplayOptions.HasValue)
 			configuration.MethodDisplayOptions = MethodDisplayOptions;
+		if (ParallelAlgorithm.HasValue)
+			configuration.ParallelAlgorithm = ParallelAlgorithm;
 		if (ParallelizeAssembly.HasValue)
 			configuration.ParallelizeAssembly = ParallelizeAssembly;
 		if (ParallelizeTestCollections.HasValue)
@@ -106,6 +109,10 @@ public static RunSettings Parse(string? settingsXml)
 						if (bool.TryParse(noAutoReportersString, out var noAutoReporters))
 							result.NoAutoReporters = noAutoReporters;
 
+						var parallelAlgorithmString = xunitElement.Element(Constants.Xunit.ParallelAlgorithm)?.Value;
+						if (Enum.TryParse<ParallelAlgorithm>(parallelAlgorithmString, ignoreCase: true, out var parallelAlgorithm))
+							result.ParallelAlgorithm = parallelAlgorithm;
+
 						var parallelizeAssemblyString = xunitElement.Element(Constants.Xunit.ParallelizeAssembly)?.Value;
 						if (bool.TryParse(parallelizeAssemblyString, out var parallelizeAssembly))
 							result.ParallelizeAssembly = parallelizeAssembly;
@@ -209,6 +216,7 @@ public static class Xunit
 			public const string MethodDisplay = "MethodDisplay";
 			public const string MethodDisplayOptions = "MethodDisplayOptions";
 			public const string NoAutoReporters = "NoAutoReporters";
+			public const string ParallelAlgorithm = "ParallelAlgorithm";
 			public const string ParallelizeAssembly = "ParallelizeAssembly";
 			public const string ParallelizeTestCollections = "ParallelizeTestCollections";
 			public const string PreEnumerateTheories = "PreEnumerateTheories";
diff --git a/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/xunit.runner.visualstudio.csproj b/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/xunit.runner.visualstudio.csproj
index 4db809a..5cfd053 100644
--- a/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/xunit.runner.visualstudio.csproj
+++ b/src/xunit.runner.visualstudio/xunit.runner.visualstudio.csproj
@@ -64,5 +64,5 @@
       </NuspecProperties>
     </PropertyGroup>
   </Target>
-  
+
 </Project>