@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ dependencies:
   - pillow>=6.2
   - pybind11>=2.6.0
   - pygobject
-  - pyparsing!=3.1.0
+  - pyparsing>=2.3.1
   - pyqt
   - python-dateutil>=2.1
   - setuptools
 
@@ -6,13 +6,18 @@
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 
 import numpy as np
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+import pyparsing
 import pytest
 
+
 import matplotlib as mpl
 from matplotlib.testing.decorators import check_figures_equal, image_comparison
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib import mathtext, _mathtext
 
+pyparsing_version = parse_version(pyparsing.__version__)
+
 
 # If test is removed, use None as placeholder
 math_tests = [
@@ -270,6 +275,9 @@ def test_fontinfo():
     assert table['version'] == (1, 0)
 
 
+# See gh-26152 for more context on this xfail
+@pytest.mark.xfail(pyparsing_version.release == (3, 1, 0),
+                   reason="Error messages are incorrect for this version")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     'math, msg',
     [
 
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 import numpy as np
 from numpy.testing import assert_almost_equal
+from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
+import pyparsing
 import pytest
 
 import matplotlib as mpl
@@ -16,6 +18,8 @@
 from matplotlib.testing._markers import needs_usetex
 from matplotlib.text import Text
 
+pyparsing_version = parse_version(pyparsing.__version__)
+
 
 @image_comparison(['font_styles'])
 def test_font_styles():
@@ -809,6 +813,9 @@ def test_unsupported_script(recwarn):
          (r"Matplotlib currently does not support Bengali natively.",)])
 
 
+# See gh-26152 for more information on this xfail
+@pytest.mark.xfail(pyparsing_version.release == (3, 1, 0),
+                   reason="Error messages are incorrect with pyparsing 3.1.0")
 def test_parse_math():
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
     ax.text(0, 0, r"$ \wrong{math} $", parse_math=False)
@@ -819,6 +826,9 @@ def test_parse_math():
         fig.canvas.draw()
 
 
+# See gh-26152 for more information on this xfail
+@pytest.mark.xfail(pyparsing_version.release == (3, 1, 0),
+                   reason="Error messages are incorrect with pyparsing 3.1.0")
 def test_parse_math_rcparams():
     # Default is True
     fig, ax = plt.subplots()
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ def make_release_tree(self, base_dir, files):
         "numpy>=1.20",
         "packaging>=20.0",
         "pillow>=6.2.0",
-        "pyparsing>=2.3.1,<3.1",
+        "pyparsing>=2.3.1",
         "python-dateutil>=2.7",
     ] + (
         # Installing from a git checkout that is not producing a wheel.