diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index a910c2b8..b51fa259 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Install Deps
         run: pip install -r nereid/requirements.txt -r nereid/requirements_tests.txt
       - name: Run Tests
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: 3.9
       - name: Install nereid as library
         run: |
-          pip install . 
-          pip install -r nereid/requirements_tests.txt
+          pip install .
+          pip install pytest
       - name: Run Tests
         run: pytest nereid/nereid/tests/test_src -xv
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run Edge Tests
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          pytest nereid/nereid/tests/test_src -xv
+          pytest nereid/nereid/tests -xv
       - name: Exit
         run: exit 0
 
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ jobs:
           bash ./scripts/build_dev.sh
           docker-compose up -d nereid-tests
       - name: run tests
-        run: docker-compose exec -T nereid-tests coverage run -m pytest -xv
+        run: |
+          docker compose exec -T nereid-tests coverage run --branch -m pytest nereid/tests -xs
+          docker compose exec -T nereid-tests coverage run -a --branch -m pytest nereid/tests/test_api -xs --async
       - name: coverage
         run: |
           docker-compose exec -T nereid-tests coverage report -mi
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8ec0c7a3..274c3eee 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ install_requires =
     matplotlib>=3.2.0
     graphviz
     pydot
+    pydantic>=1.8.0
 
 [options.extras_require]
 app =