diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index a5f780728a..3af0f0228e 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ task:
   << : *GLOBAL_TASK_TEMPLATE
   container:
     image: ubuntu:focal
+    cpu: 4  # Increase CPU and memory to avoid timeout
+    memory: 16G
   env:
+    MAKEJOBS: "-j8"
     FILE_ENV: "./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_fuzz.sh"
 
 task: