diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0327e3063..2a0a8e47b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
         ${{ matrix.platform.source_cmd }}
         set -eu
         export SDL_TESTS_QUICK=1
-        ctest -VV --test-dir build/
+        ctest -VV --test-dir build/ -j2
         if test "${{ runner.os }}" = "Linux"; then
           # This should show us the SDL_REVISION
           strings build/libSDL3.so.0 | grep SDL-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
index a434a7284..d6968cd83 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/msvc.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
       if: "! contains(matrix.platform.name, 'ARM')"
       run: |
         $env:SDL_TESTS_QUICK=1
-        ctest -VV --test-dir build/ -C Release
+        ctest -VV --test-dir build/ -C Release -j2
     - name: Install (CMake)
       run: |
         echo "SDL3_DIR=$Env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE/prefix" >> $Env:GITHUB_ENV