diff --git a/.github/workflows/detectors.yml b/.github/workflows/detectors.yml
index 15aa8a5dd..6b1f2df5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/detectors.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/detectors.yml
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
           solc-select use 0.7.3 --always-install
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
-          pytest tests/test_detectors.py
+          pytest tests/test_detectors.py 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/parser.yml b/.github/workflows/parser.yml
index 5e11420cf..e4ea82ef8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/parser.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/parser.yml
@@ -42,4 +42,4 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
-          pytest tests/test_ast_parsing.py
+          pytest tests/test_ast_parsing.py -n auto
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a5f500604..7879ebf46 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ setup(
             "pylint==2.13.4",
             "pytest",
             "pytest-cov",
+            "pytest-xdist",
             "deepdiff",
             "numpy",
             "solc-select>=v1.0.0b1",