diff --git a/.kokoro/build.sh b/.kokoro/build.sh
index 7afa8f3b6f26..c36e468bd1f8 100755
--- a/.kokoro/build.sh
+++ b/.kokoro/build.sh
@@ -43,8 +43,12 @@ case ${JOB_TYPE} in
       install_modules "${BUILD_SUBDIR}"
       echo "Running in subdir: ${BUILD_SUBDIR}"
       pushd "${BUILD_SUBDIR}"
+      EXTRA_PROFILE_OPT=""
+    else
+      EXTRA_PROFILE_OPT="-PbulkTests"
     fi
     echo "SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT: ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT}"
+    echo "EXTRA_PROFILE_OPT: ${EXTRA_PROFILE_OPT}"
     retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
       mvn test \
         -B -ntp \
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ case ${JOB_TYPE} in
         -Dflatten.skip=true \
         -Danimal.sniffer.skip=true \
         -Dmaven.wagon.http.retryHandler.count=5 \
-        -T 1C ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT}
+        ${SUREFIRE_JVM_OPT} ${EXTRA_PROFILE_OPT}
     RETURN_CODE=$?
 
     if [[ -n "${BUILD_SUBDIR}" ]]
diff --git a/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml b/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
index 1de17a82bfb0..5adb6e210f7f 100644
--- a/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
+++ b/java-bigquerystorage/pom.xml
@@ -210,6 +210,13 @@
         <module>tutorials</module>
       </modules>
     </profile>
+    <!-- skip tests if bulkTests profile is enabled (when testing the rest of the monorepo) -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>bulkTests</id>
+      <properties>
+        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/java-datastore/pom.xml b/java-datastore/pom.xml
index 80d6ffa8a4d4..63eb848fa1a3 100644
--- a/java-datastore/pom.xml
+++ b/java-datastore/pom.xml
@@ -232,4 +232,13 @@
     <module>google-cloud-datastore-utils</module>
   </modules>
 
-  </project>
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- skip tests if bulkTests profile is enabled (when testing the rest of the monorepo) -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>bulkTests</id>
+      <properties>
+        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+</project>
diff --git a/java-logging/pom.xml b/java-logging/pom.xml
index ed1d63e36aba..576c41b1cfb2 100644
--- a/java-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/java-logging/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,15 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- skip tests if bulkTests profile is enabled (when testing the rest of the monorepo) -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>bulkTests</id>
+      <properties>
+        <skipTests>true</skipTests>
+      </properties>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 
   <modules>
     <module>google-cloud-logging</module>