diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index 254a172..572557e 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ addopts =
     --splunk_type=docker
     --keepalive
     --splunk_hec_token=1ec3c8ac-74b3-46f2-ba44-a7c96b6ab236
+    -n=8
 filterwarnings =
     ignore::DeprecationWarning
 junit_family=xunit1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/pytest-ci.ini b/tests/pytest-ci.ini
index 9bcb6f8..988c802 100644
--- a/tests/pytest-ci.ini
+++ b/tests/pytest-ci.ini
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ addopts = -v --tb=long
     --splunk_host=splunk
     --sc4s_host=sc4s
     --junitxml=/work/test-results/test.xml
-    -n=6
+    -n=10
 junit_family=xunit1
 filterwarnings =
     ignore::DeprecationWarning
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 7e40d01..5bb5756 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ splunk-sdk
 flake8
 pytz
 flaky
-pytest-docker
+lovely-pytest-docker
 pathlib2
 psutil
-requests
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+requests
+pytest-xdist
\ No newline at end of file