diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 048423f06b..136bf1d0a4 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+7.0.0-dev.454 | 2024-07-09 15:12:19 -0700
+
+  * CI: Use ccache and a single CPU when building spicy analyzers for btests (Tim Wojtulewicz, Corelight)
+
 7.0.0-dev.452 | 2024-07-09 14:53:41 -0700
 
   * Bump auxil/spicy to latest development snapshot (Benjamin Bannier, Corelight)
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index f2a02e42c6..4660bf74f7 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.0.0-dev.452
+7.0.0-dev.454
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index c5304b4512..e8c56e152a 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ function run_btests {
 
     pushd testing/btest
 
-    ZEEK_PROFILER_FILE=$(pwd)/.tmp/script-coverage/XXXXXX \
+    HILTI_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
+        HILTI_JIT_PARALLELISM=1 \
+        ZEEK_PROFILER_FILE=$(pwd)/.tmp/script-coverage/XXXXXX \
         ${BTEST} -z ${ZEEK_CI_BTEST_RETRIES} -d -A -x btest-results.xml -j ${ZEEK_CI_BTEST_JOBS} || result=1
     make coverage
     prep_artifacts