diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e55c5154db6f071a359e9b4cd345a32d0694812f..ee50fa706cb1e0a1049f8bdf2410b17731ee52da 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
   - mkdir -pv build
   - cd build
   - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=release -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON ..
-  - make 
-  - ctest 
+  - make -j2
+  - ctest -j2
   - make install
   - cd ../..