diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
index 74720d0c3f7ef3fc92639c3362e61bf1d6d6f2b1..9b842feba55379218046a0107aa09df36c7460ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_testing.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration.
         # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
         run: | 
-          ctest -j1 --output-on-failure  
+          ctest -j6 --output-on-failure  
   
       - name: Install
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build