diff --git a/pants.toml b/pants.toml
index 9c83ae0b45..2702eb5061 100644
--- a/pants.toml
+++ b/pants.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ pants_ignore = [
     "/tools/pants-plugins",
 ]
 build_file_prelude_globs = ["tools/build-macros.py"]
+process_execution_local_parallelism = 1
 
 [anonymous-telemetry]
 enabled = false
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ root_patterns = [
 
 [test]
 extra_env_vars = ["BACKEND_BUILD_ROOT=%(buildroot)s", "HOME"]
-attempts_default = 3
+attempts_default = 1
 
 [python]
 enable_resolves = true
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ install_from_resolve = "ruff"
 
 [pytest]
 install_from_resolve = "pytest"
-args = ["-v", "--suppress-no-test-exit-code"]
+args = ["-vv", "--suppress-no-test-exit-code"]
 execution_slot_var = "BACKEND_TEST_EXEC_SLOT"
 
 [coverage-py]