To run junit testcases parallel, you can create your own class to run junit with: Add this tag to your class declaration. @RunWith(Parallelized.class) Implementation of this class looks like: package mypackage; import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService; import java.util.concurrent.Executors; import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; import org.junit.runners.Parameterized; import org.junit.runners.model.RunnerScheduler; public class Parallelized extends Parameterized { private static class ThreadPoolScheduler implements RunnerScheduler { private ExecutorService executor; public ThreadPoolScheduler() { String threads = System.getProperty("junit.parallel.threads", "16"); int numThreads = Integer.parseInt(threads); executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads); } public void finished() { executor.shutdown(); try