diff --git a/.coveragerc b/.coveragerc
index f05041c..5577e49 100644
--- a/.coveragerc
+++ b/.coveragerc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ omit =
   src/blib2to3/*
   tests/data/*
   */site-packages/*
+  .tox/*
 
 [run]
 relative_files = True
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 03adc7f..2cfbab6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Unit tests
         run: |
-          tox -e py
+          tox -e py -- -v --color=yes
 
       - name: Publish coverage to Coveralls
         # If pushed / is a pull request against main repo AND
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index a1464e9..31ab2d0 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ pre-commit
 pytest >= 6.1.1
 pytest-mock >= 3.3.1
 pytest-cases >= 2.3.0
+pytest-xdist >= 2.2.1
+pytest-cov >= 2.11.1
 parameterized >= 0.7.4
 tox
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 317bf48..2379500 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ deps =
 commands =
     pip install -e .[d]
     coverage erase
-    coverage run -m pytest tests --run-optional=no_python2 {posargs}
+    pytest tests --run-optional no_python2 --numprocesses auto --cov {posargs}
     pip install -e .[d,python2]
-    coverage run -m pytest tests --run-optional=python2 {posargs}
+    pytest tests --run-optional python2 --numprocesses auto --cov --cov-append {posargs}
     coverage report
 
 [testenv:fuzz]