diff --git a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
index 28d9b8955..f153cd7b3 100644
--- a/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/dependency-check-maven/pom.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ Copyright (c) 2013 Jeremy Long. All Rights Reserved.
                         </dependencies>
                         <configuration>
                             <streamLogs>true</streamLogs>
-                            <parallelThreads>1</parallelThreads>
+                            <parallelThreads>4</parallelThreads>
                             <setupIncludes>
                                 <setupInclude>690-threadsafety/pom.xml</setupInclude>
                             </setupIncludes>