diff --git a/environment.yml b/environment.yml
index b4710e252384c..df69e654018fb 100644
--- a/environment.yml
+++ b/environment.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ dependencies:
   - fsspec>=0.7.4  # for generic remote file operations
   - gcsfs>=0.6.0  # file IO when using 'gcs://...' path
   - sqlalchemy  # pandas.read_sql, DataFrame.to_sql
-  - xarray<0.19  # DataFrame.to_xarray
+  - xarray  # DataFrame.to_xarray
   - cftime  # Needed for downstream xarray.CFTimeIndex test
   - pyreadstat  # pandas.read_spss
   - tabulate>=0.8.3  # DataFrame.to_markdown
diff --git a/pandas/core/generic.py b/pandas/core/generic.py
index e1459a66a0f12..24c3bcb7bf669 100644
--- a/pandas/core/generic.py
+++ b/pandas/core/generic.py
@@ -3074,7 +3074,7 @@ class      (index) object 'bird' 'bird' 'mammal' 'mammal'
 
         >>> df_multiindex.to_xarray()
         <xarray.Dataset>
-        Dimensions:  (animal: 2, date: 2)
+        Dimensions:  (date: 2, animal: 2)
         Coordinates:
           * date     (date) datetime64[ns] 2018-01-01 2018-01-02
           * animal   (animal) object 'falcon' 'parrot'
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 0f1d76b996df1..36d3720df34d8 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ aiobotocore<2.0.0
 fsspec>=0.7.4
 gcsfs>=0.6.0
 sqlalchemy
-xarray<0.19
+xarray
 cftime
 pyreadstat
 tabulate>=0.8.3