diff --git a/.github/workflows/parallel-unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/parallel-unit-tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..092851f89c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/parallel-unit-tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: parallel-unit-tests
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
+
+jobs:
+  junit:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        ci_node_index:
+          - 0
+          - 1
+          - 2
+          - 3
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: adopt
+          java-version: 17
+          cache: gradle
+      - name: Build
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+        with:
+          gradle-home-cache-cleanup: true
+          cache-read-only: false
+          arguments: compileJava compileTestJava -Dorg.gradle.parallel=true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index ce25dc6b4d1..965fe282afd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@ on:
 env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Xmx6g -Dorg.gradle.daemon=false"
 
-permissions:
-  checks: write
-
 jobs:
   unitTests:
     runs-on:
       group: "Besu Large Runners"
+    permissions:
+      checks: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v3