diff --git a/.mvn/jvm.config b/.mvn/jvm.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8fc30111dd55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/jvm.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1 -XX:+UseParallelGC -Djava.awt.headless=true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc57db8375d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-T2C
+--strict-checksums
diff --git a/guava-tests/pom.xml b/guava-tests/pom.xml
index 8596221d8316..6aba9122f4e4 100644
--- a/guava-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/guava-tests/pom.xml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+          <forkCount>2.5C</forkCount>
+        </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79ecb39a58dc..fb3964861235 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
   <description>Parent for guava artifacts</description>
   <url>https://github.com/google/guava</url>
   <properties>
+    <!-- Enable parallel test execution -->
+    <parallel>all</parallel>
+    <perCoreThreadCount>false</perCoreThreadCount>
+    <threadCount>48</threadCount>
     <!-- Override this with -Dtest.include="**/SomeTest.java" on the CLI -->
     <test.include>%regex[.*.class]</test.include>
     <truth.version>1.4.2</truth.version>
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@
     <otherVariant.version>HEAD-android-SNAPSHOT</otherVariant.version>
     <otherVariant.jvmEnvironment>android</otherVariant.jvmEnvironment>
     <otherVariant.jvmEnvironmentVariantName>android</otherVariant.jvmEnvironmentVariantName>
+    <surefire.rerunFailingTestsCount>3</surefire.rerunFailingTestsCount>
   </properties>
   <issueManagement>
     <system>GitHub Issues</system>
@@ -230,7 +235,7 @@
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.7.2</version>
+          <version>3.2.5</version>
           <configuration>
             <includes>
               <include>${test.include}</include>
@@ -249,6 +254,8 @@
             <!-- Set max heap for tests. -->
             <!-- Catch dependencies on the default locale by setting it to hi-IN. -->
             <argLine>-Xmx1536M -Duser.language=hi -Duser.country=IN ${test.add.opens}</argLine>
+            <reuseForks>true</reuseForks>
+            <forkCount>2C</forkCount>
           </configuration>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>