diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
index 34a344528e3e..fb9a4c4877f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_tests.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.config.framework == 'pytorch_pipelines' }}
       run: |
         python -m venv /opt/venv && export PATH="/opt/venv/bin:$PATH"
-        python -m pytest -n 8 --max-worker-restart=0 --dist=loadfile \
+        python -m pytest -n 16 --max-worker-restart=0 --dist=loadfile \
           -s -v -k "not Flax and not Onnx" \
           --make-reports=tests_${{ matrix.config.report }} \
           tests/pipelines