diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 72b2caf90715..d0d8f5f2adce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run tests
       run: |
         # Hive and SQL tests become flaky when running in parallel as it's too intensive.
-        if [[ "$MODULES_TO_TEST" == "hive" ]] || [[ "$MODULES_TO_TEST" == "sql" ]]; then export SERIAL_SBT_TESTS=1; fi
+        if [[ "$MODULES_TO_TEST" == "hive" ]] || [[ "$MODULES_TO_TEST" == "sql" ]] || [[ "$MODULES_TO_TEST" == "hive-thriftserver" ]]; then export SERIAL_SBT_TESTS=1; fi
         ./dev/run-tests --parallelism 2 --modules "$MODULES_TO_TEST" --included-tags "$INCLUDED_TAGS" --excluded-tags "$EXCLUDED_TAGS"
     - name: Upload test results to report
       if: always()