diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/fix-ci-unit-tests.yaml b/changelogs/fragments/fix-ci-unit-tests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a52c7dc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/fix-ci-unit-tests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+trivial:
+- "unit tests - add missing pytest-forked into test-requirements.txt (https://github.com/ansible-collections/kubernetes.core/pull/545)."
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index e20bfb9f..c9068609 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ mock
 pytest
 pytest-xdist
 pytest-mock
+pytest-forked