diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index 20d145c8cb5..c97e75f90d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,17 @@ jobs:
       - name: configure
         run: cmake -S . -B build -G "Ninja" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DWITH_JAVA=OFF -DWITH_EXAMPLES=ON -DUSE_SYSTEM_FMTLIB=ON -DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBUV=ON -DUSE_SYSTEM_EIGEN=ON -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{ runner.workspace }}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DVCPKG_INSTALL_OPTIONS=--clean-after-build -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-windows-release -DVCPKG_HOST_TRIPLET=x64-windows-release
 
+        # Build wpiutil at full speed, wpimath depends on wpiutil
+      - name: build wpiutil
+        working-directory: build
+        run: cmake --build . --parallel $(nproc) --target wpiutil/all
+      
+      # Build wpimath slow to prevent OOM
       - name: build wpimath
         working-directory: build
         run: cmake --build . --parallel 1 --target wpimath/all
+      
+      # Build everything else fast
       - name: build
         working-directory: build
         run: cmake --build . --parallel $(nproc)