diff --git a/.circleci/parallel.sh b/.circleci/parallel.sh
index 963f7baae1b..bf7704d5b2e 100755
--- a/.circleci/parallel.sh
+++ b/.circleci/parallel.sh
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ elif [ "$JOB_ID" = "testPythonClientSamples" ]; then
 elif [ "$JOB_ID" = "testJava17ClientSamples" ]; then
   echo "Running job $JOB_ID ..."
   java -version
-
-  (cd samples/client/petstore/java && mvn test)
-  (cd samples/client/3_0_3_unit_test/java && mvn test)
-  (cd samples/client/3_1_0_unit_test/java && mvn test)
+  cat ./.circleci/testJava17ClientSamples.sh | parallel
 
 else
   echo "Running job $JOB_ID"
diff --git a/.circleci/testJava17ClientSamples.sh b/.circleci/testJava17ClientSamples.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..15338a264ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/testJava17ClientSamples.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+  (cd samples/client/petstore/java && mvn test)
+  (cd samples/client/3_0_3_unit_test/java && mvn test)
+  (cd samples/client/3_1_0_unit_test/java && mvn test)
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