diff --git a/apache-fop/pom.xml b/apache-fop/pom.xml
index 6f89497a7d..6337fe002c 100644
--- a/apache-fop/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-fop/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b569b49fd..b21d656772 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/querydsl/pom.xml b/querydsl/pom.xml
index b0a07fb3ff..1335d0f1fd 100644
--- a/querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/resteasy/bin/pom.xml b/resteasy/bin/pom.xml
index f0bd8298f5..1116c0f01a 100644
--- a/resteasy/bin/pom.xml
+++ b/resteasy/bin/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>                
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/rxjava/pom.xml b/rxjava/pom.xml
index 4172187b03..3313713b9b 100644
--- a/rxjava/pom.xml
+++ b/rxjava/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LongRunningUnitTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-5/pom.xml b/spring-5/pom.xml
index f116ed73c0..2c96bae9bc 100644
--- a/spring-5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-5/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-akka/pom.xml b/spring-akka/pom.xml
index 1a273b0fed..5965213e65 100644
--- a/spring-akka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-akka/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
index d3bd297152..350f199d4b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-data-flow/data-flow-shell/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-discovery-server/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-discovery-server/pom.xml
index d9d08079b7..d9ef26280b 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-discovery-server/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-rest/spring-cloud-rest-discovery-server/pom.xml
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
+					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
+					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 					<excludes>
 						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
 						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
index 41ebb9a6b5..e6c8ea6ef5 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                         <exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
index 31f2d19375..0a9b3a016e 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
+					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
+					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 					<excludes>
 						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
 					</excludes>
diff --git a/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml b/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
index f5dfc9931e..be443e15df 100644
--- a/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-thymeleaf/pom.xml
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@
 				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
 				<version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
 				<configuration>
+					<forkCount>3</forkCount>
+					<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 					<excludes>
 						<exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
 						<exclude>**/*LiveTest.java</exclude>
diff --git a/spring-userservice/pom.xml b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
index c0099173ee..0f3ed96c4e 100644
--- a/spring-userservice/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven-surefire-plugin.version}</version>
                 <configuration>
+                    <forkCount>3</forkCount>
+                    <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+
                     <excludes>
                         <exclude>**/*IntegrationTest.java</exclude>
                     </excludes>