diff --git a/.github/workflows/memcached.yml b/.github/workflows/memcached.yml
index 33e9da39f..3059487b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/memcached.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/memcached.yml
@@ -78,4 +78,4 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./memcached
         run: |
           export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/build-dir/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-          make -j$(nproc) test_tls
\ No newline at end of file
+          make -j$(nproc) PARALLEL=$(nproc) test_tls