diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bdeb6914799..2dfe43053b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -264,5 +264,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run functional tests
         env:
           TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' && '--extended' || '' }}
-        shell: cmd
-        run: py -3 test\functional\test_runner.py --ci --quiet --tmpdirprefix=%RUNNER_TEMP% --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=%TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR% %TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA%
+        run: py -3 test\functional\test_runner.py --jobs $env:NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS --ci --quiet --tmpdirprefix=$env:RUNNER_TEMP --combinedlogslen=99999999 --timeout-factor=$env:TEST_RUNNER_TIMEOUT_FACTOR $env:TEST_RUNNER_EXTRA