diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 729a02ea..460d378a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -40,23 +40,23 @@ jobs:
           wget https://github.com/troglobit/libite/releases/download/v2.6.2/libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
           tar xf libuev-2.4.1.tar.xz
           tar xf libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
-          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
-          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
           sudo ldconfig
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Static Finit
         run: |
           ./autogen.sh
           ./configure --prefix= --enable-static
-          make -j3 V=1
+          make -j9 V=1
       - name: Regular Finit
         run: |
           ./configure --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix= --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var \
                       --enable-x11-common-plugin --enable-testserv-plugin --with-watchdog \
                       --with-keventd --with-libsystemd \
                       CFLAGS="-fsanitize=address -ggdb"
-          make -j3 clean
-          make -j3 V=1
+          make -j9 clean
+          make -j9 V=1
       - name: Install to /tmp
         run: |
           DESTDIR=/tmp make install-strip
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
           sudo sysctl kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         run: |
-          make check || (cat test/test-suite.log; false)
+          make -j1 check || (cat test/test-suite.log; false)
       - name: Upload Test Results
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
index 12dd8776..6b4add0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverity.yml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           wget https://github.com/troglobit/libite/releases/download/v2.6.2/libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
           tar xf libuev-2.4.1.tar.xz
           tar xf libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
-          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
-          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
           sudo ldconfig
       - name: Configure
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f90c4b22..1f740e24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Build and upload release tarball
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      MAKEFLAGS: -j3
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Installing dependencies ...
@@ -25,8 +23,8 @@ jobs:
           wget https://github.com/troglobit/libite/releases/download/v2.6.2/libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
           tar xf libuev-2.4.1.tar.xz
           tar xf libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
-          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
-          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
           sudo ldconfig
       - name: Setting release variables ...
         id: build
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           ver=$(./configure --version | head -1 | awk '{print $NF}')
           dir=finit-$ver/_build/sub
 
-          make release || (cat $dir/test/test-suite.log; false)
+          make -j1 release || (cat $dir/test/test-suite.log; false)
           ls -lF ../
           mkdir -p artifacts/
           mv ../*.tar.* artifacts/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
index 4fe7e6cd..56991c2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/weekly.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           wget https://github.com/troglobit/libite/releases/download/v2.6.2/libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
           tar xf libuev-2.4.1.tar.xz
           tar xf libite-2.6.2.tar.gz
-          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
-          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libuev-2.4.1 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
+          (cd libite-2.6.2 && ./configure && make -j9 && sudo make install-strip)
           sudo ldconfig
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Base run