diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-test-reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-test-reusable.yml
index bae59d78..f8901ed6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-test-reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-test-reusable.yml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
           docker run \
             -v ${{ github.workspace }}:/opt/openfold3 \
             ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:test-${{ inputs.cuda_base_image_tag }}-${{ github.sha }} \
-            pytest openfold3/tests -vvv
+            pytest openfold3/tests -vvv -n auto --cov=openfold3 --cov-report=xml
 
   stop-aws-runner:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7d091992..bc5089d6 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ test = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
   "pytest",
+  "pytest-xdist",
+  "pytest-cov",
   "ruff",
 
   # used for documentation