diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b5511df7904d649e1cf5dfc50a6bd2c50ad4e3bc..1886bc3ede64681e6c5358756950c5c2dd95c714 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ test-and-sonarqube:
     - ./gradlew :backend:test jacocoTestReport --parallel
     - find /tmp/node/*/bin -name node -exec ln -s {} /tmp/node/node \;
     - export PATH="/tmp/node/:$PATH"
-    - ./gradlew -s sonarqube -x test
+    - ./gradlew -s sonarqube -x test --parallel
   artifacts:
     reports:
       junit: