diff --git a/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh b/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
index ec051873b0e2..36e36bebf3fe 100755
--- a/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
+++ b/dev-support/hbase-personality.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,10 @@ function personality_modules
clear_personality_queue
- extra="-DHBasePatchProcess"
+ # At a few points, hbase modules can run build, test, etc. in parallel
+ # Let it happen. Means we'll use more CPU but should be for short bursts.
+ # https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/Parallel+builds+in+Maven+3
+ extra="--threads=2 -DHBasePatchProcess"
if [[ "${PATCH_BRANCH}" = branch-1* ]]; then
extra="${extra} -Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2"
fi
diff --git a/dev-support/hbase_nightly_source-artifact.sh b/dev-support/hbase_nightly_source-artifact.sh
index bbd92fb1650a..5d9902e5f047 100755
--- a/dev-support/hbase_nightly_source-artifact.sh
+++ b/dev-support/hbase_nightly_source-artifact.sh
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ fi
cd "${unpack_dir}"
echo "Follow the ref guide section on making a RC: Step 8 Build the binary tarball."
-if mvn -DskipTests -Prelease --batch-mode -Dmaven.repo.local="${m2_tarbuild}" clean install \
+if mvn --threads=2 -DskipTests -Prelease --batch-mode -Dmaven.repo.local="${m2_tarbuild}" clean install \
assembly:single >"${working_dir}/srctarball_install.log" 2>&1; then
for artifact in "${unpack_dir}"/hbase-assembly/target/hbase-*-bin.tar.gz; do
if [ -f "${artifact}" ]; then
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3bee1bdb3140..3b6f0558070c 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4213,8 +4213,8 @@
hbase.apache.org
HBase Website at hbase.apache.org
+ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-7593?focusedCommentId=13555866&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13555866
+ -->
file:///tmp