diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 93b92645..b40467cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: make test
       run: |
-        make -j2 config=sanitize werror=1 test
+        make -j3 config=sanitize werror=1 test
     - name: make test w/flags
       run: |
-        make -j2 config=sanitize werror=1 flags=true test
+        make -j3 config=sanitize werror=1 flags=true test
     - name: make cli
       run: |
-         make -j2 config=sanitize werror=1 luau luau-analyze # match config with tests to improve build time
+         make -j3 config=sanitize werror=1 luau luau-analyze # match config with tests to improve build time
          ./luau tests/conformance/assert.lua
          ./luau-analyze tests/conformance/assert.lua