diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a895abc..868d2014 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ run_tests.log
 .idea/
 .tox/
 .venv/
+.stestr/
 
 # Files created by releasenotes build
 releasenotes/build
diff --git a/.stestr.conf b/.stestr.conf
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4b9d34d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.stestr.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[DEFAULT]
+test_path=./tackerclient/tests/unit
+top_path=./
diff --git a/.testr.conf b/.testr.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 316dc9ec..00000000
--- a/.testr.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[DEFAULT]
-test_command=OS_STDOUT_CAPTURE=1 OS_STDERR_CAPTURE=1 ${PYTHON:-python} -m subunit.run discover -t ./ ${OS_TEST_PATH:-./tackerclient/tests/unit} $LISTOPT $IDOPTION
-test_id_option=--load-list $IDFILE
-test_list_option=--list
diff --git a/lower-constraints.txt b/lower-constraints.txt
index 67047a33..ff6d9b90 100644
--- a/lower-constraints.txt
+++ b/lower-constraints.txt
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ requestsexceptions==1.2.0
 rfc3986==0.3.1
 simplejson==3.5.1
 six==1.10.0
+stestr==2.0.0
 stevedore==1.20.0
-testrepository==0.0.18
 testtools==2.2.0
 traceback2==1.4.0
 unittest2==1.1.0
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 2d9bd108..bf783f16 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ hacking!=0.13.0,<0.14,>=0.12.0 # Apache-2.0
 coverage!=4.4,>=4.0 # Apache-2.0
 fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 python-subunit>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
-testrepository>=0.0.18 # Apache-2.0/BSD
+stestr>=2.0.0 # Apache-2.0
 testtools>=2.2.0 # MIT
 mock>=2.0.0 # BSD
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2cb4c961..6a8db5b0 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ setenv = VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
 usedevelop = True
 install_command = pip install {opts} {packages}
 deps =
-       -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
-       -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
-       -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
-commands = python setup.py testr --testr-args='{posargs}'
+  -c{env:UPPER_CONSTRAINTS_FILE:https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/plain/upper-constraints.txt}
+  -r{toxinidir}/requirements.txt
+  -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
+commands = stestr run --slowest {posargs}
 
 [testenv:pep8]
 commands = flake8
@@ -32,7 +32,13 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/doc/requirements.txt
 commands = sphinx-build -a -E -W -d releasenotes/build/doctrees -b html releasenotes/source releasenotes/build/html
 
 [testenv:cover]
-commands = python setup.py testr --coverage --testr-args='{posargs}'
+setenv =
+    PYTHON=coverage run --source tackerclient --parallel-mode
+commands =
+    stestr run {posargs}
+    coverage combine
+    coverage html -d cover
+    coverage xml -o cover/coverage.xml
 
 [flake8]
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