diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 894e52fab609d..d50f491ab5085 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
       - setup_node_modules
-      - run: yarn test <<parameters.args>> --ci
+      - run: yarn test <<parameters.args>> --ci=circleci
 
   yarn_test_build:
     docker: *docker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime_test.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime_test.yml
index 1acce045217ee..ce797cb4439ff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime_test.yml
@@ -52,4 +52,4 @@ jobs:
           path: "**/node_modules"
           key: ${{ runner.arch }}-${{ runner.os }}-modules-${{ hashFiles('yarn.lock') }}
       - run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile
-      - run: yarn test ${{ matrix.params }} --ci
+      - run: yarn test ${{ matrix.params }} --ci=github
diff --git a/scripts/jest/jest-cli.js b/scripts/jest/jest-cli.js
index 9c3be220fb645..edb506cd535aa 100644
--- a/scripts/jest/jest-cli.js
+++ b/scripts/jest/jest-cli.js
@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ const argv = yargs
     ci: {
       describe: 'Run tests in CI',
       requiresArg: false,
-      type: 'boolean',
-      default: false,
+      type: 'choices',
+      choices: ['circleci', 'github'],
     },
     compactConsole: {
       alias: 'c',
@@ -309,10 +309,14 @@ function getCommandArgs() {
   }
 
   // CI Environments have limited workers.
-  if (argv.ci) {
+  if (argv.ci === 'circleci') {
     args.push('--maxWorkers=2');
   }
 
+  if (argv.ci === 'github') {
+    args.push('--maxConcurrency=10 --workerThreads=true');
+  }
+
   // Push the remaining args onto the command.
   // This will send args like `--watch` to Jest.
   args.push(...argv._);