diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index e00be7958e7df8..78502d37998c09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -163,12 +163,16 @@ jobs:
 
   unit_tests:
     name: unit tests
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    runs-on: ${{ ((github.repository == 'commaai/openpilot') &&
+                   ((github.event_name != 'pull_request') || 
+                    (github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == 'commaai/openpilot'))) && 'buildjet-8vcpu-ubuntu-2004' || 'ubuntu-20.04' }}
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: true
     - uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-with-retry
+      with:
+        docker_hub_pat: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_PAT }}
     - name: Build openpilot
       timeout-minutes: ${{ ((steps.restore-scons-cache.outputs.cache-hit == 'true') && 10 || 30) }} # allow more time when we missed the scons cache
       run: ${{ env.RUN }} "scons -j$(nproc)"
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_fuzzy.py b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_fuzzy.py
index 4b8629fc7d42f1..adff06f88a0519 100755
--- a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_fuzzy.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/test_fuzzy.py
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@
 # that openpilot makes causing error with NaN, inf, int size, array indexing ...
 # TODO: Make each one testable
 NOT_TESTED = ['controlsd', 'plannerd', 'calibrationd', 'dmonitoringd', 'paramsd', 'dmonitoringmodeld', 'modeld']
+
 TEST_CASES = [(cfg.proc_name, copy.deepcopy(cfg)) for cfg in pr.CONFIGS if cfg.proc_name not in NOT_TESTED]
 
 class TestFuzzProcesses(unittest.TestCase):
 
+  # TODO: make this faster and increase examples
   @parameterized.expand(TEST_CASES)
   @given(st.data())
-  @settings(phases=[Phase.generate, Phase.target], max_examples=50, deadline=1000, suppress_health_check=[HealthCheck.too_slow, HealthCheck.data_too_large])
+  @settings(phases=[Phase.generate, Phase.target], max_examples=10, deadline=1000, suppress_health_check=[HealthCheck.too_slow, HealthCheck.data_too_large])
   def test_fuzz_process(self, proc_name, cfg, data):
     msgs = FuzzyGenerator.get_random_event_msg(data.draw, events=cfg.pubs, real_floats=True)
     lr = [log.Event.new_message(**m).as_reader() for m in msgs]
diff --git a/tools/lib/tests/test_logreader.py b/tools/lib/tests/test_logreader.py
index db207a6522fcb4..10bb7d97373d6e 100644
--- a/tools/lib/tests/test_logreader.py
+++ b/tools/lib/tests/test_logreader.py
@@ -69,12 +69,14 @@ def test_bad_ranges(self, segment_range):
       sr = SegmentRange(segment_range)
       parse_slice(sr)
 
+  @unittest.skip("this test is too slow for the minimal coverage it provides")
   def test_modes(self):
     qlog_len = len(list(LogReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0", ReadMode.QLOG)))
     rlog_len = len(list(LogReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0", ReadMode.RLOG)))
 
     self.assertLess(qlog_len * 6, rlog_len)
 
+  @unittest.skip("this test is too slow for the minimal coverage it provides")
   def test_modes_from_name(self):
     qlog_len = len(list(LogReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0/q")))
     rlog_len = len(list(LogReader(f"{TEST_ROUTE}/0/r")))
diff --git a/tools/sim/tests/test_metadrive_bridge.py b/tools/sim/tests/test_metadrive_bridge.py
index 2c534656bb4c24..4d784956d243ef 100755
--- a/tools/sim/tests/test_metadrive_bridge.py
+++ b/tools/sim/tests/test_metadrive_bridge.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
+import pytest
 import unittest
 
 from openpilot.tools.sim.run_bridge import parse_args
 from openpilot.tools.sim.bridge.metadrive.metadrive_bridge import MetaDriveBridge
 from openpilot.tools.sim.tests.test_sim_bridge import TestSimBridgeBase
 
-
+@pytest.mark.slow
 class TestMetaDriveBridge(TestSimBridgeBase):
   def create_bridge(self):
     return MetaDriveBridge(parse_args([]))