diff --git a/tests/Makefile.include b/tests/Makefile.include
index 9422ddaece..a4de0ad5a2 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.include
+++ b/tests/Makefile.include
@@ -138,14 +138,18 @@ get-vm-image-fedora-31-%: check-venv
 # download all vm images, according to defined targets
 get-vm-images: check-venv $(patsubst %,get-vm-image-fedora-31-%, $(FEDORA_31_DOWNLOAD))
 
+JOBS_OPTION=$(lastword -j1 $(filter-out -j, $(filter -j%,$(MAKEFLAGS))))
+
 check-avocado: check-venv $(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR) get-vm-images
-	$(call quiet-command, \
-            $(TESTS_PYTHON) -m avocado \
-            --show=$(AVOCADO_SHOW) run --job-results-dir=$(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR) \
-            $(if $(AVOCADO_TAGS),, --filter-by-tags-include-empty \
-			--filter-by-tags-include-empty-key) \
-            $(AVOCADO_CMDLINE_TAGS) \
-            $(if $(GITLAB_CI),,--failfast) $(AVOCADO_TESTS), \
+	$(call quiet-command, 							\
+            $(TESTS_PYTHON) -m avocado 						\
+            --show=$(AVOCADO_SHOW) run --job-results-dir=$(TESTS_RESULTS_DIR) 	\
+            $(if $(AVOCADO_TAGS),, 						\
+			--filter-by-tags-include-empty 				\
+			--filter-by-tags-include-empty-key) 			\
+		--max-parallel-tasks $(JOBS_OPTION:-j%=%) 			\
+            $(AVOCADO_CMDLINE_TAGS) 						\
+            $(if $(GITLAB_CI),,--failfast) $(AVOCADO_TESTS), 			\
             "AVOCADO", "tests/avocado")
 
 check-acceptance-deprecated-warning:
diff --git a/tests/requirements.txt b/tests/requirements.txt
index 0ba561b6bd..a6f73da681 100644
--- a/tests/requirements.txt
+++ b/tests/requirements.txt
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # in the tests/venv Python virtual environment. For more info,
 # refer to: https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/user_guide/#id1
 # Note that qemu.git/python/ is always implicitly installed.
-avocado-framework==88.1
+avocado-framework==101.0
 pycdlib==1.11.0