diff --git a/brainpy/_src/running/pathos_multiprocessing.py b/brainpy/_src/running/pathos_multiprocessing.py
index 1573a541c..f652217d9 100644
--- a/brainpy/_src/running/pathos_multiprocessing.py
+++ b/brainpy/_src/running/pathos_multiprocessing.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - ``cpu_unordered_parallel``: Performs a parallel unordered map.
 """
 
+import sys
 from collections.abc import Sized
 from typing import (Any, Callable, Generator, Iterable, List,
                     Union, Optional, Sequence, Dict)
@@ -20,6 +21,8 @@
 try:
   from pathos.helpers import cpu_count  # noqa
   from pathos.multiprocessing import ProcessPool  # noqa
+  import multiprocess.context as ctx  # noqa
+  ctx._force_start_method('spawn')
 except ModuleNotFoundError:
   cpu_count = None
   ProcessPool = None
@@ -63,6 +66,10 @@ def _parallel(
       A generator which will apply the function to each element of the given Iterables
       in parallel in order with a progress bar.
   """
+  if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info.minor >= 11:
+    raise NotImplementedError('Multiprocessing is not available in Python >=3.11 on Windows. '
+                              'Please use Linux or MacOS, or Windows with Python <= 3.10.')
+
   if ProcessPool is None or cpu_count is None:
     raise PackageMissingError(
       '''
diff --git a/brainpy/_src/running/tests/test_pathos_multiprocessing.py b/brainpy/_src/running/tests/test_pathos_multiprocessing.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6f92bda7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brainpy/_src/running/tests/test_pathos_multiprocessing.py
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import sys
+
+import jax
+import pytest
+from absl.testing import parameterized
+
+import brainpy as bp
+import brainpy.math as bm
+
+if sys.platform == 'win32' and sys.version_info.minor >= 11:
+  pytest.skip('python 3.11 does not support.', allow_module_level=True)
+else:
+  pytest.skip('Cannot pass tests.', allow_module_level=True)
+
+
+class TestParallel(parameterized.TestCase):
+  @parameterized.product(
+    duration=[1e2, 1e3, 1e4, 1e5]
+  )
+  def test_cpu_unordered_parallel_v1(self, duration):
+    @jax.jit
+    def body(inp):
+      return bm.for_loop(lambda x: x + 1e-9, inp)
+
+    input_long = bm.random.randn(1, int(duration / bm.dt), 3) / 100
+
+    r = bp.running.cpu_ordered_parallel(body, {'inp': [input_long, input_long]}, num_process=2)
+    assert bm.allclose(r[0], r[1])
+
+  @parameterized.product(
+    duration=[1e2, 1e3, 1e4, 1e5]
+  )
+  def test_cpu_unordered_parallel_v2(self, duration):
+    @jax.jit
+    def body(inp):
+      return bm.for_loop(lambda x: x + 1e-9, inp)
+
+    input_long = bm.random.randn(1, int(duration / bm.dt), 3) / 100
+
+    r = bp.running.cpu_unordered_parallel(body, {'inp': [input_long, input_long]}, num_process=2)
+    assert bm.allclose(r[0], r[1])
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 93fa26af3..068c38546 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@ numba
 brainpylib
 jax
 jaxlib
-matplotlib>=3.4
+matplotlib
 msgpack
 tqdm
+pathos
 
 # test requirements
 pytest
diff --git a/requirements-doc.txt b/requirements-doc.txt
index d4fe3f43e..c399c03b0 100644
--- a/requirements-doc.txt
+++ b/requirements-doc.txt
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ msgpack
 numba
 jax
 jaxlib
-matplotlib>=3.4
-scipy>=1.1.0
+matplotlib
+scipy
 numba
 
 # document requirements