diff --git a/idea/idea-frontend-fir/idea-fir-low-level-api/build.gradle.kts b/idea/idea-frontend-fir/idea-fir-low-level-api/build.gradle.kts
index 33ad174d773..861016ce4f0 100644
--- a/idea/idea-frontend-fir/idea-fir-low-level-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/idea/idea-frontend-fir/idea-fir-low-level-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ sourceSets {
     "test" { projectDefault() }
 }
 
-projectTest {
+projectTest(parallel = true ) {
     dependsOn(":dist")
     workingDir = rootDir
     val useFirIdeaPlugin = kotlinBuildProperties.useFirIdeaPlugin