diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index c544aeaf7a..bdecc6a77a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ jobs:
     with:
       jdk-matrix: '[ "8", "11", "17", "18" ]'
       ff-jdk: '18'
-      ff-goal: 'clean install site site:stage -P reporting -nsu -T3'
+      ff-goal: 'clean install site site:stage -P reporting -nsu'
       ff-site-goal: '-v'
-      verify-goal: 'clean install -nsu -P run-its -T3'
+      verify-goal: 'clean install -nsu -P run-its'
       verify-fail-fast: false
       failure-upload-path: |
         surefire-its/target/*/log.txt
diff --git a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-1744-alwaysIncludeOutputLogs/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-1744-alwaysIncludeOutputLogs/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 070ddc9f22..cd8271ed10 100644
--- a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-1744-alwaysIncludeOutputLogs/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-1744-alwaysIncludeOutputLogs/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 
 log4j.appender.xml=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
-log4j.appender.xml.file=example_xml.log
+log4j.appender.xml.file=target/example_xml.log
 log4j.appender.xml.append=false
 log4j.appender.xml.layout=org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ log4j.appender.xml.layout=org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=example.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=target/example.log
 
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
 log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
 
 log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
diff --git a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-812-log4j-classloader/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-812-log4j-classloader/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index 070ddc9f22..cd8271ed10 100644
--- a/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-812-log4j-classloader/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/surefire-its/src/test/resources/surefire-812-log4j-classloader/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 
 log4j.appender.xml=org.apache.log4j.FileAppender
-log4j.appender.xml.file=example_xml.log
+log4j.appender.xml.file=target/example_xml.log
 log4j.appender.xml.append=false
 log4j.appender.xml.layout=org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ log4j.appender.xml.layout=org.apache.log4j.xml.XMLLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%5p [%t] (%F:%L) - %m%n
 
 log4j.appender.R=org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender
-log4j.appender.R.File=example.log
+log4j.appender.R.File=target/example.log
 
 
 log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ log4j.appender.R.MaxFileSize=100KB
 log4j.appender.R.MaxBackupIndex=1
 
 log4j.appender.R.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
+log4j.appender.R.layout.ConversionPattern=%p %t %c - %m%n