diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index b429d2c078..56e2ff8887 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ buildah_bud_test_task:
         - env:
             PODBIN_NAME: remote
             PRIV_NAME: rootless
-    gce_instance: *standardvm
+    gce_instance: *fastvm
     timeout_in: 45m
     clone_script: *get_gosrc
     setup_script: *setup
diff --git a/test/buildah-bud/run-buildah-bud-tests b/test/buildah-bud/run-buildah-bud-tests
index 3407eb8c7c..0ed3a2e3be 100755
--- a/test/buildah-bud/run-buildah-bud-tests
+++ b/test/buildah-bud/run-buildah-bud-tests
@@ -262,5 +262,5 @@ review the test failure and double-check your changes.
                  BUILDAH_BINARY=$(pwd)/bin/buildah \
                  COPY_BINARY=$(pwd)/bin/copy \
                  INET_BINARY=$(pwd)/bin/inet \
-                 bats "${bats_filter[@]}" tests/bud.bats)
+                 bats -j $(nproc) "${bats_filter[@]}" tests/bud.bats)
 fi