diff --git a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
index c3d0a573c7878..8104c865a88fd 100644
--- a/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-table/flink-table-planner/pom.xml
@@ -393,11 +393,8 @@ under the License.
 							<includes>
 								<include>**/*ITCase.*</include>
 							</includes>
-							<!-- Setting this property to false is aims to alleviate OOM error
-							mentioned in issue: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLINK-18356.
-							This property can be removed after the OOM error mentioned in the above
-							issue is solved. -->
-							<reuseForks>false</reuseForks>
+							<!-- override reuseForks to true to reduce testing time -->
+							<reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>