diff --git a/bin/commands/runs.js b/bin/commands/runs.js
index 14e4e98e..74604378 100644
--- a/bin/commands/runs.js
+++ b/bin/commands/runs.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const { getStackTraceUrl } = require('../helpers/sync/syncSpecsLogs');
 
 module.exports = function run(args, rawArgs) {
 
+  markBlockStart('preBuild');
   // set debug mode (--cli-debug)
   utils.setDebugMode(args);
 
@@ -194,6 +195,8 @@ module.exports = function run(args, rawArgs) {
               logger.debug("Started build creation");
               markBlockStart('createBuild');
               return build.createBuild(bsConfig, zip).then(function (data) {
+                markBlockEnd('preBuild');
+                markBlockStart('buildProcessing');
                 logger.debug("Completed build creation");
                 markBlockEnd('createBuild');
                 markBlockEnd('total');
@@ -225,6 +228,8 @@ module.exports = function run(args, rawArgs) {
                 if (args.sync) {
                   logger.debug("Started polling build status from BrowserStack");
                   syncRunner.pollBuildStatus(bsConfig, data, rawArgs, buildReportData).then(async (exitCode) => {
+                    markBlockEnd('buildProcessing');
+                    markBlockStart('postBuild');
                     logger.debug("Completed polling of build status");
 
                     // stop the Local instance
@@ -243,6 +248,7 @@ module.exports = function run(args, rawArgs) {
                       // Generate custom report!
                       reportGenerator(bsConfig, data.build_id, args, rawArgs, buildReportData, function(){
                         utils.sendUsageReport(bsConfig, args, `${message}\n${dashboardLink}`, Constants.messageTypes.SUCCESS, null, buildReportData, rawArgs);
+                        markBlockEnd('postBuild');
                         utils.handleSyncExit(exitCode, data.dashboard_url);
                       });
                     } else {
diff --git a/bin/helpers/checkUploaded.js b/bin/helpers/checkUploaded.js
index 5e580053..79385946 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/checkUploaded.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/checkUploaded.js
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ const checkUploadedMd5 = (bsConfig, args, instrumentBlocks) => {
       zipUrlPresent: false,
       packageUrlPresent: false,
     };
+    utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
     if (args["force-upload"]) {
       logger.debug("force-upload set to true. Uploading tests and npm packages.");
       return resolve(obj);
diff --git a/bin/helpers/utils.js b/bin/helpers/utils.js
index 91dbcd59..c9247ae7 100644
--- a/bin/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/bin/helpers/utils.js
@@ -331,6 +331,23 @@ exports.setCypressTestSuiteType = (bsConfig) => {
   logger.debug(`Setting cypress test suite type as ${bsConfig.run_settings.cypressTestSuiteType}`);
 }
 
+exports.setCypressNpmDependency = (bsConfig) => {
+  const runSettings = bsConfig.run_settings;
+  if (runSettings.npm_dependencies !== undefined && 
+    Object.keys(runSettings.npm_dependencies).length !== 0 &&
+    typeof runSettings.npm_dependencies === 'object') {
+    if (!("cypress" in runSettings.npm_dependencies) && runSettings.cypressTestSuiteType === Constants.CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE) {
+      logger.warn("Missing cypress not found in npm_dependencies");        
+      if("cypress_version" in runSettings){
+        runSettings.npm_dependencies.cypress = `^${runSettings.cypress_version.toString().split(".")[0]}`;
+      } else if (runSettings.cypressTestSuiteType === Constants.CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE)  {
+        runSettings.npm_dependencies.cypress = "latest";
+      }
+      logger.warn(`Adding cypress version ${runSettings.npm_dependencies.cypress} in npm_dependencies`);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 exports.verifyGeolocationOption = () => {
   let glOptionsSet = (this.searchForOption('-gl') || this.searchForOption('--gl'));
   let geoHyphenLocationOptionsSet = (this.searchForOption('-geo-location') || this.searchForOption('--geo-location'));
diff --git a/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js b/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
index de4ae1f0..4ee15936 100644
--- a/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
+++ b/test/unit/bin/helpers/utils.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const utils = require('../../../../bin/helpers/utils'),
   syncLogger = require('../../../../bin/helpers/logger').syncCliLogger,
   Contants = require('../../../../bin/helpers/constants');
 const browserstack = require('browserstack-local');
+const { CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE, CYPRESS_V9_AND_OLDER_TYPE } = require('../../../../bin/helpers/constants');
 chai.use(chaiAsPromised);
 logger.transports['console.info'].silent = true;
 
@@ -3529,4 +3530,82 @@ describe('utils', () => {
       expect(utils.getMajorVersion('4.1')).to.be.eql('4');
     });
   });
+
+  describe('#setCypressNpmDependency', () => {
+    
+    it('should set cypress as latest for cypress 10 test suite if cypress_version missing', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          cypressConfigFilePath: 'cypress.json',
+          npm_dependencies: {
+            "dummy": "verison"
+          },
+          cypressTestSuiteType: CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE
+        },        
+      };
+      utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
+      chai.assert.equal(bsConfig.run_settings.npm_dependencies.cypress, "latest");
+    });
+
+    it('should set cypress as ^10 if cypress version added', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          cypress_version: "10.latest",
+          cypressConfigFilePath: 'cypress.json',
+          npm_dependencies: {
+            "dummy": "verison"
+          },
+          cypressTestSuiteType: CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE
+        },        
+      };
+      utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
+      chai.assert.equal(bsConfig.run_settings.npm_dependencies.cypress, "^10");
+    });
+
+    it('should set cypress as ^10 if cypress version added', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          cypress_version: "10.latest",
+          cypressConfigFilePath: 'cypress.json',
+          npm_dependencies: {
+            "dummy": "verison"
+          },
+          cypressTestSuiteType: CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE
+        },        
+      };
+      utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
+      chai.assert.equal(bsConfig.run_settings.npm_dependencies.cypress, "^10");
+    });
+
+    it('should set cypress as 10.0.0 if cypress version added', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          cypress_version: "10.0.0",
+          cypressConfigFilePath: 'cypress.json',
+          npm_dependencies: {
+            "dummy": "verison"
+          },
+          cypressTestSuiteType: CYPRESS_V10_AND_ABOVE_TYPE
+        },        
+      };
+      utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
+      chai.assert.equal(bsConfig.run_settings.npm_dependencies.cypress, "^10");
+    });
+
+    it('should not set cypress for < 9 cypress version if cypress_version missing', () => {
+      let bsConfig = {
+        run_settings: {
+          cypressConfigFilePath: 'cypress.json',
+          npm_dependencies: {
+            "dummy": "verison"
+          },
+          cypressTestSuiteType: CYPRESS_V9_AND_OLDER_TYPE
+        },        
+      };
+      utils.setCypressNpmDependency(bsConfig);
+      chai.assert.equal(bsConfig.run_settings.npm_dependencies.cypress, undefined);
+    });
+  });
+
+    
 });