diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4a025e96..3ec7abab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
 
   build_test:
-    env:
-      RUST_TEST_TASKS: 2
     strategy:
       matrix:
         target: [ x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, x86_64-apple-darwin ]
@@ -105,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cargo test
         if: (!matrix.skip_tests)
-        run: cargo test --workspace --all-features
+        run: cargo test -j2 --workspace --all-features
         env:
           MONERO_ADDITIONAL_SLEEP_PERIOD: 60000
           RUST_MIN_STACK: 16777216 # 16 MB. Default is 8MB. This is fine as in tests we start 2 programs: Alice and Bob.