diff --git a/.circleci/main.yml b/.circleci/main.yml
index 190945432f76..4eff2182563f 100644
--- a/.circleci/main.yml
+++ b/.circleci/main.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
     - *restore_gomod
 
     - run: |
-        make -j 1 test/unit/gotest.junit.xml \
+        make -j $(nproc) test/unit/gotest.junit.xml \
         && [[ ! $(jq -s -c 'map(select(.Action == "fail")) | .[]' test/unit/gotest.json) ]]
     - run:
         when: always
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
index 7c7c6beb9190..0bf7eb58336e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ github.job }}
       - name: 👉️ If this step failed, go to «Summary» (top left) → inspect the «Failures/Errors» table
         run: |
-          make -j 1 test/unit/gotest.junit.xml &&
+          make -j $(nproc) test/unit/gotest.junit.xml &&
             [[ ! $(jq -s -c 'map(select(.Action == "fail")) | .[]' test/unit/gotest.json) ]]
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@81cd2dc8148241f03f5839d295e000b8f761e378 # v3.1.0