diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 53f887fd4..47cd807f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -244,12 +244,12 @@
                     <argLine>-Xmx${jvmMemory}m</argLine>
                     <testFailureIgnore>true</testFailureIgnore>
                     <rerunFailingTestsCount>1</rerunFailingTestsCount>
-                    <forkCount>2</forkCount>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
                     <includes>
                         <include>**/**.java</include>
                     </includes>
                     <parallel>methods</parallel>
-                    <threadCount>2</threadCount>
+                    <threadCount>3</threadCount>
                     <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java b/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
index 309136e08..ee8b980d7 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/dvsa/testing/framework/parallel/CustomRunner.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ForkJoinPool;
 import java.util.function.Predicate;
 public class CustomRunner implements ParallelExecutionConfiguration, ParallelExecutionConfigurationStrategy  {
-    private static final int FIXED_PARALLELISM = 2;
+    private static final int FIXED_PARALLELISM = 3;
 
     static {
         System.out.println("THREADS: " + FIXED_PARALLELISM);