diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
index b8d7f21c9..37f6e9151 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
@@ -80,6 +80,6 @@ jobs:
             BUILDER_BASE=quay.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/cilium-envoy-builder-dev:${{ env.BUILDER_DOCKER_HASH }}
             ARCHIVE_IMAGE=quay.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/cilium-envoy-builder:test-main-archive-latest
             BAZEL_BUILD_OPTS=--remote_upload_local_results=false
-            BAZEL_TEST_OPTS=--test_timeout=300 --local_test_jobs=1 --flaky_test_attempts=3
+            BAZEL_TEST_OPTS=--jobs=HOST_RAM*.0002 --test_timeout=300 --local_test_jobs=4 --flaky_test_attempts=3
           cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/buildx-cache
           push: false