diff --git a/hack/jenkins/test-dockerized.sh b/hack/jenkins/test-dockerized.sh
index 72b6884b30b..c4c34061512 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/test-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/test-dockerized.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ set -x;
 # TODO: make test-integration should handle this automatically
 source ./hack/install-etcd.sh
 
+# TODO: drop KUBE_INTEGRATION_TEST_MAX_CONCURRENCY later when we've figured out 
+# stabilizing the tests / CI Setting this to a hardcoded value is fragile.
+export KUBE_INTEGRATION_TEST_MAX_CONCURRENCY=4
+
 # Save the verbose stdout as well.
 export KUBE_KEEP_VERBOSE_TEST_OUTPUT=y
 export LOG_LEVEL=4
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/test-integration-dockerized.sh b/hack/jenkins/test-integration-dockerized.sh
index ec856abc3bd..1ca0ddf1e66 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/test-integration-dockerized.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/test-integration-dockerized.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,8 @@ set -x;
 # TODO: make test-integration should handle this automatically
 source ./hack/install-etcd.sh
 
+# TODO: drop KUBE_INTEGRATION_TEST_MAX_CONCURRENCY later when we've figured out 
+# stabilizing the tests / CI Setting this to a hardcoded value is fragile.
+export KUBE_INTEGRATION_TEST_MAX_CONCURRENCY=4
+
 make test-integration KUBE_KEEP_VERBOSE_TEST_OUTPUT=y LOG_LEVEL=4