diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3d76b7b88c1d1be3e4508fbd267c68a4ca15bfd4..8283b96d927172e92cd768862e603727e04842f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ lint lint_diff:
 	poetry run mypy $(PYTHON_FILES)
 
 test:
-	poetry run pytest -vv -n 20 --cov=semantic_router --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml
+	poetry run pytest -vv --cov=semantic_router --cov-report=term-missing --cov-report=xml
 
 test_functional:
 	poetry run pytest -vv -n 20 tests/functional
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_layer.py b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
index 6f29e036d30a81acf859e1a1c2e306cd58bd7e98..1277399564e60428316d7299552f339611d356cd 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_layer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_layer.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ from semantic_router.route import Route
 from platform import python_version
 
 
-PINECONE_SLEEP = 15
+PINECONE_SLEEP = 12
 
 
 def mock_encoder_call(utterances):
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def init_index(
         index = index_cls(
             index_name=TEST_ID, dimensions=dimensions, namespace=namespace, sync=sync
         )
-        time.sleep(PINECONE_SLEEP)
     else:
         index = index_cls()
     return index