diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 175e60b28d6956ac8275e1f12c0d173c724cadbc..5adace3c7be6a0a6f2713d0335f68ea372844473 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ commands:
   unit_test:
     description: Run the unit tests
     steps:
-      - run: pytest -vv --cov=satella
+      - run: pytest -n 8 -vv --cov=satella
 jobs:
   test:
     executor: my-executor