diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 127a140d80..91508b6b59 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 checkstyle = "10.25.0"
 hadoop = "3.4.1"
 iceberg = "1.9.0" # Ensure to update the iceberg version in regtests to keep regtests up-to-date
-quarkus = "3.21.4"
+quarkus = "3.23.3"
 immutables = "2.10.1"
 picocli = "4.7.7"
 scala212 = "2.12.19"
diff --git a/runtime/admin/build.gradle.kts b/runtime/admin/build.gradle.kts
index ab06e7e14e..829ca9e201 100644
--- a/runtime/admin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/runtime/admin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ artifacts {
 }
 
 tasks.named<Test>("test").configure {
+  maxParallelForks = 4
+  // enlarge the max heap size to avoid out of memory error
+  maxHeapSize = "4g"
   // Silence the 'OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Sharing is only supported for boot loader
   // classes because bootstrap classpath has been appended' warning from OpenJDK.
   jvmArgs("-Xshare:off")