diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a08ecb02114b..f21a263ef2a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run unittest tests with coverage
         run: |
-          pytest --cov=autogpt --cov-report term-missing --cov-branch --cov-report xml --cov-report term
+          pytest -n auto --cov=autogpt --cov-report term-missing --cov-branch --cov-report xml --cov-report term
         env:
           CI: true
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
index 28576d02a8ee..315c42e5ec13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-ci.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         set +e
         test_output=$(
           docker run --env CI --env OPENAI_API_KEY --entrypoint python ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }} -m \
-          pytest --cov=autogpt --cov-report term-missing --cov-branch --cov-report xml --cov-report term 2>&1
+          pytest -n auto --cov=autogpt --cov-report term-missing --cov-branch --cov-report xml --cov-report term 2>&1
         )
         test_failure=$?
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e1900ef5360f..be015f2b0a44 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -53,3 +53,4 @@ pytest-integration
 pytest-mock
 vcrpy
 pytest-recording
+pytest-xdist
\ No newline at end of file