diff --git a/fuelclient/tests/v1/unit/test_performance.py b/fuelclient/tests/v1/unit/test_performance.py
index 799418c..8f6986c 100644
--- a/fuelclient/tests/v1/unit/test_performance.py
+++ b/fuelclient/tests/v1/unit/test_performance.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import tarfile
 import time
 
 import mock
-import nose
+import pytest
 import requests
 from six import moves as six_moves
 
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ from fuelclient.tests import base
 from fuelclient.tests import utils
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not profiler.profiling_enabled(),
+                    reason='Performance profiling tests are not '
+                           'enabled in settings.yaml')
 class ClientPerfTest(base.UnitTestCase):
 
     NUMBER_OF_NODES = 100
@@ -40,11 +43,6 @@ class ClientPerfTest(base.UnitTestCase):
     @classmethod
     def setUpClass(cls):
         super(ClientPerfTest, cls).setUpClass()
-
-        if not profiler.profiling_enabled():
-            raise nose.SkipTest('Performance profiling tests are not '
-                                'enabled in settings.yaml')
-
         cls.nodes = cls.get_random_nodes(cls.NUMBER_OF_NODES)
         settings = fuelclient_settings.get_settings()
         test_base = settings.PERF_TESTS_PATHS['perf_tests_base']
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 8e826a8..a7c13dd 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ NAILGUN_CHECK_URL=${NAILGUN_CHECK_URL:-"http://0.0.0.0:$NAILGUN_PORT/api/version
 NAILGUN_START_MAX_WAIT_TIME=${NAILGUN_START_MAX_WAIT_TIME:-10}
 TEST_NAILGUN_DB=${TEST_NAILGUN_DB:-nailgun}
 
-# nosetest xunit options
+# pytest options
 ARTIFACTS=${ARTIFACTS:-$(pwd)/test_run}
-FUELCLIENT_XUNIT=${FUELCLIENT_XUNIT:-"$ROOT/fuelclient.xml"}
-TEST_WORKERS=${TEST_WORKERS:-0}
+FUELCLIENT_JUNIT=${FUELCLIENT_JUNIT:-"$ROOT/fuelclient.xml"}
 
 # A POSIX variable
 OPTIND=1
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ run_cli_tests() {
     # run tests
     NAILGUN_CONFIG=$config LISTEN_PORT=$NAILGUN_PORT \
         NAILGUN_ROOT=$NAILGUN_ROOT tox -e$env_to_run -- -vv $testropts \
-        ${certain_tests[@]} --xunit-file $FUELCLIENT_XUNIT || return 1
+        ${certain_tests[@]} --junit-xml $FUELCLIENT_JUNIT || return 1
     popd > /dev/null
 
     return 0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index af117c8..2304f30 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 hacking==0.7
 mock==1.0.1
-nose<=1.3.1
-nose2==0.4.1
-nose-timer==0.2.0
+unittest2==0.5.1
 pyprof2calltree==1.3.2
 gprof2dot==2014.09.29
 requests-mock>=0.6.0
+pytest==2.7.2
+pytest-cov==2.0.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 7dd3295..fca2aa6 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 deps = -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
        -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
-    nosetests {posargs:fuelclient}
+    py.test {posargs:fuelclient}
 
 [tox:jenkins]
 downloadcache = ~/cache/pip
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ commands =
     flake8 {posargs:fuelclient}
 
 [testenv:cover]
-setenv = NOSE_WITH_COVERAGE=1
+commands =
+    py.test --cov={posargs:fuelclient} tests/
 
 [testenv:venv]
 commands = {posargs:}