diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index d40c76a71..994ca8743 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -20,11 +20,15 @@ commands_pre =
     poetry install --sync --no-root
 commands =
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \
-        {toxinidir}/tests --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/kafka
+        {toxinidir}/tests \
+        --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/kafka \
+        --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/parallel 
     # kafka tests are failinig for macos when running in parallel
     # with the entire test suite. So, we run them separately.
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \
         {toxinidir}/tests/kafka
+    python -m pytest {posargs} \
+        {toxinidir}/tests/parallel
 set_env =
     GITHUB_SERVER_URL = {env:GITHUB_SERVER_URL:https\://github.com}
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY = {env:GITHUB_REPOSITORY:SeldonIO/MLServer}
@@ -37,11 +41,15 @@ commands_pre =
         --with all-runtimes-dev
 commands =
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \
-        {toxinidir}/tests --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/kafka
+        {toxinidir}/tests \
+        --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/kafka \
+        --ignore={toxinidir}/tests/parallel
     # kafka tests are failinig for macos when running in parallel
     # with the entire test suite. So, we run them separately.
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \
         {toxinidir}/tests/kafka
+    python -m pytest {posargs} \
+        {toxinidir}/tests/parallel
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \
         {toxinidir}/runtimes/alibi-explain
     python -m pytest {posargs} -n auto \