diff --git a/.github/template_gitref b/.github/template_gitref
index 5df480f79..3e3784896 100644
--- a/.github/template_gitref
+++ b/.github/template_gitref
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2021.08.26-378-g72f4b38
+2021.08.26-379-gece49c9
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
index db80361bd..5fa65e7fc 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/script.sh
@@ -128,11 +128,11 @@ if [ -f "$FUNC_TEST_SCRIPT" ]; then
 else
   if [[ "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW" =~ "Nightly" ]]
   then
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8 --nightly"
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m 'not parallel' --nightly"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8 --nightly"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m 'not parallel' --nightly"
   else
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
-    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m parallel -n 8"
+    cmd_user_prefix bash -c "pytest -v --timeout=300 -r sx --color=yes --suppress-no-test-exit-code --pyargs pulp_container.tests.functional -m 'not parallel'"
   fi
 fi
 pushd ../pulp-cli
diff --git a/functest_requirements.txt b/functest_requirements.txt
index d58e56db4..2bc2d8e43 100644
--- a/functest_requirements.txt
+++ b/functest_requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 pulp-smash @ git+https://github.com/pulp/pulp-smash.git
 pytest<8
 python-gnupg
+pytest-xdist
+pytest-timeout