diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index a60f34f8d3..94ac528596 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -299,16 +299,16 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.square.turbine)
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
-            // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
-            "-Duser.country=US" +
-            "-Duser.language=en"
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
 
 afterEvaluate {
diff --git a/authenticator/build.gradle.kts b/authenticator/build.gradle.kts
index 280779066d..672fc27b06 100644
--- a/authenticator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/authenticator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -260,10 +260,16 @@ protobuf {
     }
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
 
 private fun renameFile(path: String, newName: String) {
diff --git a/authenticatorbridge/build.gradle.kts b/authenticatorbridge/build.gradle.kts
index 707f21f308..2f10b8a3da 100644
--- a/authenticatorbridge/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/authenticatorbridge/build.gradle.kts
@@ -76,8 +76,14 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.square.turbine)
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 5e10c9871b..72dda1e76e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -179,6 +179,12 @@ fun Project.getGitStagedFiles(rootDir: File): Provider<List<File>> {
         }
 }
 
+subprojects {
+    tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
+        options.isFork = true
+    }
+}
+
 afterEvaluate {
     tasks.withType(Detekt::class.java).configureEach {
         val typeResolutionEnabled = !classpath.isEmpty
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 5d5fdd32ff..c4f19e8ac4 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -69,11 +69,14 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/cxf/build.gradle.kts b/cxf/build.gradle.kts
index 02b2efab75..01554521e6 100644
--- a/cxf/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/cxf/build.gradle.kts
@@ -64,11 +64,14 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.mockk.mockk)
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/data/build.gradle.kts b/data/build.gradle.kts
index ffbe65beb6..7cf4be91a6 100644
--- a/data/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/data/build.gradle.kts
@@ -74,11 +74,14 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesImplementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.test)
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index ba4681f190..abe6c7dfc8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,5 +5,13 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 kotlin.compilerArgs=-Xjspecify-annotations=strict, -Xtype-enhancement-improvements-strict-mode
 
 org.gradle.caching=true
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.parallel=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -XX:+UseParallelGC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
 org.gradle.parallel=true
+
+# Disable build features that are enabled by default and we do not need
+# developer.android.com/reference/tools/gradle-api/7.4/com/android/build/api/dsl/BuildFeatures
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.renderscript=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.resvalues=false
+android.defaults.buildfeatures.shaders=false
diff --git a/network/build.gradle.kts b/network/build.gradle.kts
index a73bf3b51f..ebce1b33a0 100644
--- a/network/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/network/build.gradle.kts
@@ -79,11 +79,14 @@ dependencies {
     testFixturesImplementation(libs.square.okhttp.mockwebserver)
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/testharness/build.gradle.kts b/testharness/build.gradle.kts
index e9cbf770bd..69772be822 100644
--- a/testharness/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/testharness/build.gradle.kts
@@ -118,10 +118,14 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(testFixtures(project(":ui")))
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
 }
diff --git a/ui/build.gradle.kts b/ui/build.gradle.kts
index 567e19a978..c2f6f03cc9 100644
--- a/ui/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ui/build.gradle.kts
@@ -114,13 +114,15 @@ kotlin {
     }
 }
 
-tasks {
-    withType<Test> {
-        useJUnitPlatform()
-        maxHeapSize = "2g"
-        maxParallelForks = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors()
-        @Suppress("UselessCallOnNotNull")
-        jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC"
-        android.sourceSets["main"].res.srcDirs("src/test/res")
-    }
+tasks.withType<Test>().configureEach {
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+    @Suppress("MagicNumber")
+    forkEvery = 100
+    maxHeapSize = "2g"
+    maxParallelForks = (Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() / 2).coerceAtLeast(1)
+    jvmArgs = jvmArgs.orEmpty() + "-XX:+UseParallelGC" +
+        // Explicitly setting the user Country and Language because tests assume en-US
+        "-Duser.country=US" +
+        "-Duser.language=en"
+    android.sourceSets["main"].res.srcDirs("src/test/res")
 }