diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index cd3418f6b3..33c1063d6a 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pipeline {
                             "-Ddocker.push.password=\"\${DOCKER_PUSH_PWD}\" " +
                             "-Ddocker.work.dir=\"/tmp/\${EXECUTOR_NUMBER}\" " +
                             "-Ddocker.build.tag=\"\${DOCKER_TAG_TO_USE}\"" +
-                            " clean pushBuildImage --stacktrace"
+                            " clean pushBuildImage preAllocateForAllParallelIntegrationTest preAllocateForAllParallelIntegrationTest --stacktrace"
                 }
                 sh "kubectl auth can-i get pods"
             }
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e7d5dd3c84..8ae347da27 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ buildScan {
 }
 
 ext.generalPurpose  = [
-        numberOfShards: 10,
+        numberOfShards: 15,
         streamOutput: false,
         coresPerFork: 2,
         memoryInGbPerFork: 12,