diff --git a/.config/nextest.toml b/.config/nextest.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9dab67e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nextest.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[profile.default]
+
+# To deal with the flaky integration tests, we set a retry policy.
+# but if a test fails more than 3 times, it's safe to assume it's failing deterministically
+# and that's a reliable indication that we shouldn't merge this PR
+retries = { backoff = "fixed", count = 3, delay = "2s" }
+
+# only run one test at a time, which allows a human-friendly experience for inspecting logs
+test-threads = 1
+
+# label as slow if a test runs for more than 60s
+# kill it after 120s
+slow-timeout = { period = "60s", terminate-after = 2 }
+
+# display status for all levels (pass, fail, flaky, slow, etc)
+status-level = "all"
+final-status-level = "all"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e94bbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Coverage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  coverage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: ~/.cargo/registry, ~/.cargo/git
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-
+
+      - name: Set up Rust
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          rust-version: stable
+
+      - name: Install cargo-tarpaulin
+        run: cargo install cargo-tarpaulin
+
+      - name: Run coverage with cargo-tarpaulin
+        run: cargo tarpaulin --out Xml
+
+      - name: Upload coverage results to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
+        with:
+          file: ./target/debug/deps/coverage.xml
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+        if: success()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust-test.yml b/.github/workflows/rust-test.yml
index 97a7de7..a84aa21 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust-test.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           rust-version: stable
 
+      - name: Install cargo-nextest
+        run: cargo install cargo-nextest --locked
+
+
       - name: Run tests on the root project
-        run: cargo test --workspace
+        run: cargo nextest run
 
       - name: Run tests on example crates
         run: |
@@ -40,17 +44,3 @@ jobs:
               (cd $example && cargo test)
             fi
           done
-
-      - name: Install cargo-tarpaulin for coverage
-        run: cargo install cargo-tarpaulin
-
-      - name: Run coverage with cargo-tarpaulin
-        run: cargo tarpaulin --out Xml
-        if: success()
-
-      - name: Upload coverage results to Codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
-        with:
-          file: ./target/debug/deps/coverage.xml
-          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
-        if: success()