diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8086979..56af1e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -81,11 +81,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ env[matrix.python-version] }}
         architecture: "x64"
-    - run: pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-    - name: run recorded tests with python 3.10+ where urllib3 2.x is supported
-      run: pip install pytest-vcr
-      if: ${{ matrix.python-version != 'py39' }}
-    - run: pytest --with-integration-tests
+    - run: pip install nox
+    - run: nox -- --with-integration-tests
 
   typecheck:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 1cc7000..ed7e36e 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -75,10 +75,14 @@ Once your changes are ready to submit for review:
 
 ### Testing
 
-To run local unit tests, you can install requirements and then run `pytest` from the project root:
+To run local unit tests, you can install nox and then run `nox` from the project root:
 
-    pip install -r dev-requirements.txt
-    pytest
+    pip install nox
+    nox
+
+To run also the slower integration tests you can run:
+
+    nox -- --with-integration-tests
 
 Pytest will automatically discover tests.
 
@@ -91,9 +95,6 @@ dynamic discovery features. In particular,
 and hard to discover, due to the fact that they do not need to be imported to
 be used.
 
-By default only unit tests are run because tests under `tests/integrations` are a bit slower.
-Use `pytest --with-integration-tests` to run them.
-
 ### Workflow
 
 All feature development and most bug fixes hit the main branch first.
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d0ff4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+# or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright
+# ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you under
+# the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import nox
+import sys
+
+
+def run_tests(session: nox.Session, pytest_extra_args: list[str] = []):
+    python_version = (sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor, sys.version_info.micro)
+    vcrpy_is_supported = python_version >= (3, 10, 0)
+
+    session.install("-r", "dev-requirements.txt")
+    if vcrpy_is_supported:
+        session.install("pytest-vcr")
+    # install the package for being able to use the entry points we define
+    session.install("-e", ".")
+
+    session.run("pytest", *pytest_extra_args, env={"EDOT_IN_NOX": "1"})
+
+
+@nox.session
+def tests(session):
+    run_tests(session, pytest_extra_args=session.posargs)