diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
index 74d778bd0..f3fcfe1c5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-tests.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd tests
           export HIVEMIND_MEMORY_SHARING_STRATEGY=file_descriptor
-          pytest --durations=0 --durations-min=1.0 -v
+          pytest --durations=0 --durations-min=1.0 -n auto -v
   build_and_test_p2pd:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 10
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 8398751aa..04030bfb9 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pytest==6.2.5  # see https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest/issues/9621
 pytest-forked
 pytest-asyncio==0.16.0
 pytest-cov
+pytest-xdist>=3.0.2
 coverage==6.0.2  # see https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-cov/issues/520
 tqdm
 scikit-learn