diff --git a/scripts/Taskfile.yml b/scripts/Taskfile.yml
index ed7973be..8b7e9835 100644
--- a/scripts/Taskfile.yml
+++ b/scripts/Taskfile.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ tasks:
         INCREMENTAL: "false"
   fullsuite:build:
     internal: true
-    deps:
+    cmds:
       - task: build
       - task: lint
   fullsuite:graph: psrecord "task fullsuite" --plot out/fullsuite.png --interval 0.1 --include-children
@@ -61,16 +61,15 @@ tasks:
       - task: generate
   generate:
     run: once
-    deps:
-      - db:generate
-      - openapi:generate
-      - test:mocks:generate
-      - docs:generate
     cmds:
+      - task: db:generate
+      - task: openapi:generate
+      - task: test:mocks:generate
+      - task: docs:generate
       - task: go:generate
   go:generate: go generate ./...
   lint:
-    deps:
+    cmds:
       - task: db:lint
       - task: go:lint
       - task: yaml:lint
diff --git a/scripts/tests.yml b/scripts/tests.yml
index 3a53fc1d..e4950012 100644
--- a/scripts/tests.yml
+++ b/scripts/tests.yml
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ vars:
       else
         echo "4"  # Default fallback value
       fi
-  # Optimized parallelism values for better performance
+  # Minimal parallelism values to avoid resource contention
   THREAD_PARALLEL:
-    sh: echo $(( {{.CPU_COUNT}} * 2 ))
+    sh: echo "2"  # Fixed minimal value
   PKG_PARALLEL:
-    sh: echo $(( {{.CPU_COUNT}} + 2 ))  # Increased package parallelism
+    sh: echo "1"  # Single package at a time
   TEST_PARALLEL:
-    sh: echo $(( {{.CPU_COUNT}} * 6 ))  # Increased test parallelism for I/O-bound tests
+    sh: echo "2"  # Minimal test parallelism
   # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length
   EXCLUDED_FILES: ".gen.go|internal/serviceconfig/observability/prometheus/generator/main.go|internal/cognitoauth/middleware.go|internal/cognitoauth/token.go|internal/cognitoauth/auth.go|internal/cognitoauth/handler.go|internal/cognitoauth/models.go|api/queryAPI/authHandlers.go|api/queryAPI/homehandler.go"
   # yamllint disable-line rule:line-length