diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 625bcadb6b4..6e51122b72e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ jobs:
                 --junitxml=test-results/junit.xml \
                 --durations=20 \
                 -k \"not test_python_38.py and not test_basic_python_version.py and not router and not assistants and not langfuse and not caching and not cache\" \
+                -n 4 \
                 --timeout=300 \
                 --timeout_method=thread"
           no_output_timeout: 120m
@@ -546,6 +547,7 @@ jobs:
                 -k 'router' \
                 --cov=litellm \
                 --cov-report=xml \
+                -n 4 \
                 --junitxml=test-results/junit.xml \
                 --durations=5 \
                 -vv"