diff --git a/python/helpersTests/pyproject.toml b/python/helpersTests/pyproject.toml
index 7f45c8096ad5..6344b4900bc5 100644
--- a/python/helpersTests/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/helpersTests/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
     "behave",
     "pytest",
+    "pytest-xdist",
 ]
diff --git a/python/helpersTests/uv.lock b/python/helpersTests/uv.lock
index fdab806b9d7f..ea6afa0fdd57 100644
--- a/python/helpersTests/uv.lock
+++ b/python/helpersTests/uv.lock
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+version = "2.1.1"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
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 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -73,12 +82,15 @@ dependencies = [
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     { name = "pytest", version = "8.4.2", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.9'" },
+    { name = "pytest-xdist", version = "3.6.1", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version < '3.9'" },
+    { name = "pytest-xdist", version = "3.8.0", source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }, marker = "python_full_version >= '3.9'" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [
     { name = "behave" },
     { name = "pytest" },
+    { name = "pytest-xdist" },
 ]
 
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