diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 523dda61f01..e7ead5cc0d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Pytest with Coverage
         run: |
-          coverage run --source=./src/tribler/core -p -m pytest ./src/tribler/core
-          coverage run --source=./src/tribler/core -p -m pytest ./src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_full_session --tunneltests
+          coverage run --source=./src/tribler/core -p -m pytest ./src/tribler/core --looptime
+          coverage run --source=./src/tribler/core -p -m pytest ./src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_full_session --tunneltests --looptime
           coverage combine
           coverage xml
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 9f49f1bd613..a2e519fce90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         python-version: [ '3.8' ]
         os: [ macos-latest, windows-latest, ubuntu-latest ]
+        include:
+          - os: macos-latest
+            pytest-arguments: --timeout=300 --looptime
+          - os: windows-latest
+            pytest-arguments: --timeout=300
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            pytest-arguments: --timeout=60 --looptime
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -22,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install Libsodium
+      - name: Install Libsodium (win)
         if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         run: |
           C:\msys64\usr\bin\wget.exe -q https://download.libsodium.org/libsodium/releases/libsodium-1.0.17-msvc.zip
@@ -34,21 +41,10 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install -r ./requirements-test.txt
 
-      #https://pypi.org/project/pytest-timeout/
-      - name: Override PYTEST_TIMEOUT (mac)
-        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
-        run: |
-          echo "PYTEST_TIMEOUT=300" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Override PYTEST_TIMEOUT (win)
-        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
-        run: |
-          echo "PYTEST_TIMEOUT=300" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
-
       - name: Run Pytest
         run: |
-          pytest ./src/tribler/core
+          pytest ./src/tribler/core ${{matrix.pytest-arguments}}
 
       - name: Run Tunnels Tests
         run: |
-          pytest ./src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_full_session --tunneltests
+          pytest ./src/tribler/core/components/tunnel/tests/test_full_session --tunneltests ${{matrix.pytest-arguments}}
diff --git a/requirements-test.txt b/requirements-test.txt
index 51cd343e9ef..eed40540517 100644
--- a/requirements-test.txt
+++ b/requirements-test.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 -r requirements.txt
 
-pytest==7.1.1
+pytest==7.1.2
 pytest-aiohttp==1.0.4
 pytest-asyncio==0.18.3
 pytest-mock==3.7.0
@@ -9,5 +9,6 @@ pytest-timeout==2.1.0
 pytest-freezegun==0.4.2
 freezegun==1.2.1
 coverage==6.3.2
+looptime==0.2
 
 asynctest==0.13.0 # this library has to be installed to properly work with ipv8 TestBase.
\ No newline at end of file