diff --git a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
index e75bde7e2..6f8f8375e 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
+++ b/src/test/regress/multi_schedule
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ test: multi_modifications
 test: multi_distribution_metadata
 test: multi_generate_ddl_commands multi_create_shards multi_prune_shard_list multi_repair_shards
 test: multi_upsert multi_simple_queries multi_data_types
-test: multi_utilities foreign_key_to_reference_table validate_constraint
+# multi_utilities cannot be run in parallel with other tests because it checks
+# global locks
+test: multi_utilities
+test: foreign_key_to_reference_table validate_constraint
 test: multi_modifying_xacts
 test: multi_repartition_udt multi_repartitioned_subquery_udf multi_subtransactions
 test: multi_transaction_recovery