diff --git a/.github/workflows/acceptance-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/acceptance-tests.yml
index a8f6981d89..27d0020b2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/acceptance-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/acceptance-tests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx7g"
-  total-runners: 12
+  total-runners: 14
 
 jobs:
   acceptanceTestEthereum:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-review.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-review.yml
index cba13f1ebd..35e8956f1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-review.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-review.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true"
-  total-runners: 8
+  total-runners: 10
 
 jobs:
   repolint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reference-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/reference-tests.yml
index 4e458e057e..435cbba0f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reference-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reference-tests.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
-  total-runners: 10
+  total-runners: 8
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}