diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-alpha-tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-alpha-tag.yaml
index ecd2b2dcf30..a1448723ebe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-alpha-tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-alpha-tag.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - main
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-tag.yaml
index 5a5043ee80a..2893c7320bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-tag.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-tag.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ on:
           - 'auto'
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index cb8a9ecba2e..675a0931812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   BASEDIR: ${{github.workspace}}/arrow-libs
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false  -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
   SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
   SONATYPE_PWD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PWD }}
   ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index 13109015e1f..2ce29bac100 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: "pull_request"
 on: pull_request
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+  GRADLE_OPTS: -Dorg.gradle.parallel=false -Dorg.gradle.jvmargs="-Xmx5g -XX:+UseParallelGC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
 
 jobs:
   build: