diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f8e6799cd9..df2da9c889 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ git-test-modelunderstanding:
 
 .PHONY: git-test-other
 git-test-other:
-	pytest evalml/tests --ignore evalml/tests/automl_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/tuner_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/model_understanding_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/pipeline_tests/test_pipelines.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_prophet_regressor.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_components.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py --ignore evalml/tests/integration_tests/ --durations 0 --timeout $(TIMEOUT) --cov=evalml --cov-config=./pyproject.toml --junitxml=test-reports/git-test-other-junit.xml
+	pytest evalml/tests --ignore evalml/tests/automl_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/tuner_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/model_understanding_tests/ --ignore evalml/tests/pipeline_tests/test_pipelines.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_prophet_regressor.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_components.py --ignore evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py --ignore evalml/tests/integration_tests/ -n 2 --durations 0 --timeout $(TIMEOUT) --cov=evalml --cov-config=./pyproject.toml --junitxml=test-reports/git-test-other-junit.xml
 	make doctests
 
 .PHONY: git-test-prophet
 git-test-prophet:
-	pytest evalml/tests/component_tests/test_prophet_regressor.py evalml/tests/component_tests/test_components.py evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py evalml/tests/pipeline_tests/test_pipelines.py --durations 0 --timeout $(TIMEOUT) --cov=evalml --cov-config=./pyproject.toml --junitxml=test-reports/git-test-prophet-junit.xml
+	pytest evalml/tests/component_tests/test_prophet_regressor.py evalml/tests/component_tests/test_components.py evalml/tests/component_tests/test_utils.py evalml/tests/pipeline_tests/test_pipelines.py -n 2 --durations 0 --timeout $(TIMEOUT) --cov=evalml --cov-config=./pyproject.toml --junitxml=test-reports/git-test-prophet-junit.xml
 
 .PHONY: git-test-integration
 git-test-integration:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 90fe6492ce..e1512e9787 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ dependencies = [
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 test = [
     "pytest == 7.1.2",
-    "pytest-xdist == 2.1.0",
-    "pytest-timeout == 1.4.2",
-    "pytest-cov == 2.10.1",
+    "pytest-xdist >= 2.1.0",
+    "pytest-timeout >= 1.4.2",
+    "pytest-cov >= 2.10.1",
     "nbval == 0.9.3",
     "IPython >= 8.10.0, <8.12.1",
     "PyYAML == 6.0.1",