diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7e8a240ade9..b1358156fe6 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ jobs:
           path: build/test-results
 
   acceptanceTests:
-    parallelism: 2
+    parallelism: 4
     executor: machine_large_executor_amd64
     steps:
       - install_java_21
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test/acceptance/dsl/Node.java b/acceptance-tests/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test/acceptance/dsl/Node.java
index 3ee9df12fb6..833de80aaf8 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test/acceptance/dsl/Node.java
+++ b/acceptance-tests/src/testFixtures/java/tech/pegasys/teku/test/acceptance/dsl/Node.java
@@ -177,9 +177,7 @@ protected void waitForMetric(
           assertThat(
                   MetricMatcher.anyMatching(
                       metrics, nameCondition, labelsCondition, valueCondition))
-              .withFailMessage(
-                  "No matching metric with following conditions: %s %s %s. Metrics list: %s",
-                  nameCondition, labelsCondition, valueCondition, metrics)
+              .withFailMessage("No matching metric")
               .isPresent();
         },
         timeoutAmount,