diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yaml b/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yaml
index 5a8daa193..867404414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-unittests.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   unittest:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, '3.10']
+        python-version: [3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11]
         platform: ["linux.20_04.4x"]
         include:
           - python-version: 3.9
diff --git a/torchx/specs/api.py b/torchx/specs/api.py
index 779e1b8de..61cf96081 100644
--- a/torchx/specs/api.py
+++ b/torchx/specs/api.py
@@ -104,6 +104,13 @@ def copy(original: "Resource", **capabilities: Any) -> "Resource":
 # sentinel value used for cases when resource does not matter (e.g. ignored)
 NULL_RESOURCE: Resource = Resource(cpu=-1, gpu=-1, memMB=-1)
 
+
+# no-arg static factory method to use with default_factory in @dataclass
+# needed to support python 3.11 since mutable defaults for dataclasses are not allowed in 3.11
+def _null_resource() -> Resource:
+    return NULL_RESOURCE
+
+
 # used as "*" scheduler backend
 ALL: str = "all"
 
@@ -333,7 +340,7 @@ class Role:
     num_replicas: int = 1
     max_retries: int = 0
     retry_policy: RetryPolicy = RetryPolicy.APPLICATION
-    resource: Resource = NULL_RESOURCE
+    resource: Resource = field(default_factory=_null_resource)
     port_map: Dict[str, int] = field(default_factory=dict)
     metadata: Dict[str, Any] = field(default_factory=dict)
     mounts: List[Union[BindMount, VolumeMount, DeviceMount]] = field(
diff --git a/torchx/tracker/test/mlflow_test.py b/torchx/tracker/test/mlflow_test.py
index d367218f4..791e388f0 100644
--- a/torchx/tracker/test/mlflow_test.py
+++ b/torchx/tracker/test/mlflow_test.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class Config:
     locales: List[str] = field(default_factory=lambda: ["us", "eu", "fr"])
     empty_list: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     empty_map: Dict[str, str] = field(default_factory=dict)
-    model_config: ModelConfig = ModelConfig()
+    model_config: ModelConfig = field(default_factory=ModelConfig)
     datasets: List[DatasetConfig] = field(
         default_factory=lambda: [
             DatasetConfig(url="s3://dataset1"),