diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c496353711..7271bba60f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         cache-disabled: true
         arguments: |
-          ${{ matrix.gradle_task }} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -i
+          ${{ matrix.gradle_task }} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Djava.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.parallelism=20 -i
 
 #    - uses: alehechka/upload-tartifact@v2
 #      if: always()
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/InitializationIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/InitializationIntegrationTests.java
index 71987a9847..53402ef3a5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/InitializationIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/security/InitializationIntegrationTests.java
@@ -302,7 +302,6 @@ public void testInvalidDefaultConfig() throws Exception {
             final TemporaryFolder tmpFolder = TemporaryFolder.builder().assureDeletion().build();
             tmpFolder.create();
             System.clearProperty("security.default_init.dir");
-            System.setProperty("java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.parallelism","20");
 
             final Settings settings = Settings.builder()
                 .put(ConfigConstants.SECURITY_ALLOW_DEFAULT_INIT_SECURITYINDEX, true)
@@ -333,7 +332,6 @@ public void testInvalidDefaultConfig() throws Exception {
                     equalTo(HttpStatus.SC_OK)
                 );
         } finally {
-            System.clearProperty("java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool.common.parallelism");
             ClusterHelper.resetSystemProperties();
         }
     }