diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index b0454c016640f..3c2bf490f0d7e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         split: ${{fromJSON(needs.matrix-gen.outputs.matrix)}}
     env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 97cb5e922782a..996124ddccc52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 150
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         java:
           - ${{ inputs.java }}
@@ -526,6 +527,7 @@ jobs:
         --security-opt seccomp=unconfined
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         java:
           - ${{ inputs.java }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven_test.yml b/.github/workflows/maven_test.yml
index 25471790c315f..15cea30bb3c2e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven_test.yml
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ jobs:
     # timeout-minutes: 150
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         java:
           - ${{ inputs.java }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
index 29268f916b75d..2a78ed7dfb8df 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         # keep in sync with default value of workflow_dispatch input 'branch'
         branch: ${{ fromJSON( inputs.branch || '["master", "branch-4.1", "branch-4.0", "branch-3.5"]' ) }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_hosted_runner_test.yml b/.github/workflows/python_hosted_runner_test.yml
index 49dbb9a1c9411..7ab56ce5d7e50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_hosted_runner_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_hosted_runner_test.yml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
     # timeout-minutes: 150
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      max-parallel: 20
       matrix:
         java:
           - ${{ inputs.java }}