diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a81a16839923ae73ba78e8e5923da114198e8a25..7ee0d4f1d223ee4bae82df79185da98b12c1d938 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ include:
 
 variables:
   _TARGET_PHP: "8.1"
-  CONCURRENCY: 24
+  CONCURRENCY: 15
   GIT_DEPTH: "3"
 
 ################
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ stages:
   stage: 🪄 Lint
   variables:
     PHPCS_PHP_VERSION: "5.6"
+    KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: "16"
   interruptible: true
   allow_failure: true
   retry:
@@ -203,8 +204,8 @@ stages:
     _TARGET_PHP: "7.4"
     _TARGET_DB: "sqlite-3"
 
-# 'PHP 8.1 MariaDB 10.3.22':
-#   <<: *default-stage
-#   variables:
-#    _TARGET_PHP: "8.1"
-#    _TARGET_DB: "mariadb-10.3.22"
+'PHP 8.1 MariaDB 10.3.22':
+  <<: *default-stage
+  variables:
+   _TARGET_PHP: "8.1"
+   _TARGET_DB: "mariadb-10.3.22"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml b/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
index 0c7e0b475bf548c3db82bc29f0dbab53a5de3dc3..c7c64859284e2dcc01b5c452c13f001428f29e0c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/pipeline.yml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ stages:
     [[ $_TARGET_DB == mysql* ]] && export SIMPLETEST_DB=mysql://$MYSQL_USER:$MYSQL_PASSWORD@database/$MYSQL_DATABASE
     [[ $_TARGET_DB == mariadb* ]] && export SIMPLETEST_DB=mysql://$MYSQL_USER:$MYSQL_PASSWORD@database/$MYSQL_DATABASE
     [[ $_TARGET_DB == pgsql* ]] && export SIMPLETEST_DB=pgsql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@database/$POSTGRES_DB
+  - echo "SIMPLETEST_DB = $SIMPLETEST_DB"
 
 .prepare-dirs: &prepare-dirs
   - mkdir -p ./sites/default/files ./sites/default/files/simpletest ./build/logs/junit
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ stages:
   variables:
     <<: *test-variables
     CONCURRENCY: "$CONCURRENCY"
+    KUBERNETES_CPU_REQUEST: "16"
 
 '🩹 Test-only changes':
   <<: [ *phpunit-artifacts, *setup-webserver, *run-test-only-tests, *default-job-settings ]