diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index c4f8b628b..d2e3ba670 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         command: echo "export TEST_DOCKER_HOST=$(ip -4 addr show docker0 | grep -Po 'inet \K[\d.]+')" >> $BASH_ENV
     - run:
         echo TEST_DOCKER_HOST=$TEST_DOCKER_HOST &&
-        make -O -j 3 coverage/sharness_tests.coverprofile test/sharness/test-results/sharness.xml TEST_GENERATE_JUNIT=1 CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE=1 TEST_DOCKER_HOST=$TEST_DOCKER_HOST
+        make -O -j 10 coverage/sharness_tests.coverprofile test/sharness/test-results/sharness.xml TEST_GENERATE_JUNIT=1 CONTINUE_ON_S_FAILURE=1 TEST_DOCKER_HOST=$TEST_DOCKER_HOST
     - run:
         when: always
         command: bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -cF sharness -X search -f coverage/sharness_tests.coverprofile