diff --git a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
index d12e632fd4..5dc3ba1222 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/budibase_ci.yml
@@ -110,12 +110,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: 18.x
           cache: "yarn"
       - run: yarn
-      - name: Test worker
-        run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/worker
-      - name: Test server
-        env:
-          NODE_OPTIONS: "--max_old_space_size=4096"
-        run: yarn test --scope=@budibase/server
+      - name: Test worker and server
+        run: yarn test --concurrency=1 --scope=@budibase/worker --scope=@budibase/server
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN || github.token }} # not required for public repos
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
index f3f679c4da..4aad5b3c7c 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/test.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@ if [[ -n $CI ]]
 then
   # --runInBand performs better in ci where resources are limited
   export NODE_OPTIONS="--max-old-space-size=4096"
-  echo "jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit"
-  jest --coverage --runInBand --forceExit
+  node ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --version
+  echo "node --expose-gc --no-compilation-cache ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js"
+  node --expose-gc --no-compilation-cache ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js
 else
   # --maxWorkers performs better in development
   echo "jest --coverage --maxWorkers=2 --forceExit"