diff --git a/.changeset/poor-kiwis-rush.md b/.changeset/poor-kiwis-rush.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fab2281bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-kiwis-rush.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"medusa-payment-paypal": patch
+"medusa-payment-stripe": patch
+---
+
+feat(medusa-payment-paypal,medusa-payment-stripe): speed up unit tests in CI
diff --git a/.github/actions/cache-deps/action.yml b/.github/actions/cache-deps/action.yml
index 3201c3e5ad..414329e6f0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/cache-deps/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/cache-deps/action.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ runs:
       # We want to only bootstrap and install if no cache is found.
     - run: yarn install --immutable
       shell: bash
+
+    - run: yarn build
+      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-server/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-server/action.yml
index 806d266a21..56b890a6fe 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-server/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-server/action.yml
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ runs:
       with:
         extension: ${{ inputs.cache-extension }}
 
-    - name: Build Packages
-      shell: "bash"
-      run: yarn build
-
     - name: Install dev cli
       shell: "bash"
       run: sudo npm i -g medusa-dev-cli
diff --git a/.github/workflows/action.yml b/.github/workflows/action.yml
index 35be9127f8..afe3398dba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/action.yml
@@ -13,54 +13,8 @@ jobs:
       module-chunks: ${{ steps.set-module-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
       api-matrix: ${{ steps.set-api-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
       api-chunks: ${{ steps.set-api-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "16.10.0"
-          cache: "yarn"
-
-      - name: Assert changed
-        run: ./scripts/assert-changed-files-actions.sh "packages"
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
-        with:
-          extension: pipeline
-
-      - id: set-module-chunks
-        name: Set Module Chunks
-        working-directory: integration-tests/modules
-        run: echo "chunks=$(yarn run jest --listTests --json | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 3 | ceil)]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - id: set-module-matrix
-        name: Set Module Matrix
-        run: echo "matrix=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -cM 'to_entries | map(.key)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          CHUNKS: ${{ steps.set-module-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
-
-      - id: set-api-chunks
-        name: Set API Chunks
-        working-directory: integration-tests/api
-        run: echo "chunks=$(yarn run jest --listTests --json | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 3 | ceil)]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - id: set-api-matrix
-        name: Set API Matrix
-        run: echo "matrix=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -cM 'to_entries | map(.key)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          CHUNKS: ${{ steps.set-api-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
-
-  unit-tests:
-    needs: setup
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
-      TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
+      unit-tests-matrix: ${{ steps.set-unit-tests-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+      unit-tests-chunks: ${{ steps.set-unit-tests-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
     steps:
       - name: Cancel Previous Runs
         uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
@@ -86,11 +40,68 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extension: pipeline
 
-      - name: Build Packages
-        run: yarn build
+      - id: set-module-chunks
+        name: Set Module Chunks
+        working-directory: integration-tests/modules
+        run: echo "chunks=$(yarn run jest --listTests --json | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 2 | ceil)]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - id: set-module-matrix
+        name: Set Module Matrix
+        run: echo "matrix=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -cM 'to_entries | map(.key)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          CHUNKS: ${{ steps.set-module-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
+
+      - id: set-api-chunks
+        name: Set API Chunks
+        working-directory: integration-tests/api
+        run: echo "chunks=$(yarn run jest --listTests --json | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 2 | ceil)]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - id: set-api-matrix
+        name: Set API Matrix
+        run: echo "matrix=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -cM 'to_entries | map(.key)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          CHUNKS: ${{ steps.set-api-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
+
+      - id: set-unit-tests-chunks
+        name: Set Unit Tests Chunks
+        run: echo "chunks=$(yarn workspaces list --json | jq -j '[inputs | .name]' | jq -r | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 2 | ceil)]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - id: set-unit-tests-matrix
+        name: Set Unit Tests Matrix
+        run: echo "matrix=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -cM 'to_entries | map(.key)')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        env:
+          CHUNKS: ${{ steps.set-unit-tests-chunks.outputs.chunks }}
+
+  unit-tests-matrix:
+    needs: setup
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Shard (${{ matrix.chunk }}) Unit Tests
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        chunk: ${{ fromJSON(needs.setup.outputs.unit-tests-matrix) }}
+    env:
+      TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
+      TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Assert changed
+        run: ./scripts/assert-changed-files-actions.sh "packages"
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
+        with:
+          extension: pipeline
 
       - name: Run unit tests
-        run: yarn test
+        run: yarn test:chunk
+        env:
+          CHUNK: ${{ matrix.chunk }}
+          CHUNKS: ${{ needs.setup.outputs.unit-tests-chunks }}
 
   integration-tests-packages:
     needs: setup
@@ -123,30 +134,16 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "16"
-          cache: "yarn"
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
         with:
           extension: pipeline
 
-      - name: Build Packages
-        run: yarn build
-
       - name: Run integration tests
         run: yarn test:integration:packages
         env:
@@ -189,30 +186,16 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "16.10.0"
-          cache: "yarn"
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
         with:
           extension: pipeline
 
-      - name: Build Packages
-        run: yarn build
-
       - name: Run API integration tests
         run: yarn test:integration:api
         env:
@@ -237,6 +220,21 @@ jobs:
       - run: exit 0
         if: ${{ contains(needs.integration-tests-api-matrix.result, 'success') }}
 
+  unit-tests:
+    if: ${{ always() }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: unit-tests-matrix
+    steps:
+      - run: exit 1
+        if: >-
+          ${{
+               contains(needs.unit-tests-matrix.result, 'failure')
+            || contains(needs.unit-tests-matrix.result, 'cancelled')
+            || contains(needs.unit-tests-matrix.result, 'skipped')
+          }}
+      - run: exit 0
+        if: ${{ contains(needs.unit-tests-matrix.result, 'success') }}
+
   integration-tests-plugins:
     needs: setup
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -259,11 +257,6 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -280,9 +273,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           extension: pipeline
 
-      - name: Build Packages
-        run: yarn build
-
       - name: Run plugin integration tests
         run: yarn test:integration:plugins
         env:
@@ -316,30 +306,16 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "16.10.0"
-          cache: "yarn"
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
         with:
           extension: pipeline
 
-      - name: Build Packages
-        run: yarn build
-
       - name: Run Modules integration tests
         run: yarn test:integration:modules
         env:
@@ -386,22 +362,11 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
 
     steps:
-      - name: Cancel Previous Runs
-        uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.11.0
-        with:
-          access_token: ${{ github.token }}
-
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Setup Node.js environment
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: "16.10.0"
-          cache: "yarn"
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache-deps
         with:
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4c52e8730..3b7dce0805 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     "prettier": "prettier",
     "jest": "jest",
     "test": "turbo run test --concurrency=50% --no-daemon",
+    "test:chunk": "./scripts/run-workspace-unit-tests-in-chunks.sh",
     "test:integration:packages": "turbo run test:integration --concurrency=50% --no-daemon --filter='./packages/*'",
     "test:integration:api": "turbo run test:integration:chunk --concurrency=50% --no-daemon --filter=integration-tests-api",
     "test:integration:plugins": "turbo run test:integration --concurrency=50% --no-daemon --filter=integration-tests-plugins",
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/.swcrc b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/.swcrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfc52a2880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/.swcrc
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "jsc": {
+    "target": "es5",
+    "parser": {
+      "syntax": "typescript"
+    }
+  },
+  "module": {
+    "type": "commonjs"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/jest.config.js b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/jest.config.js
index 212b345660..8746f0f54b 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/jest.config.js
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
 module.exports = {
-  globals: {
-    "ts-jest": {
-      tsconfig: "tsconfig.spec.json",
-      isolatedModules: false,
-    },
-  },
   transform: {
-    "^.+\\.[jt]s?$": "ts-jest",
+    "^.+\\.[jt]s?$": "@swc/jest",
   },
-  transformIgnorePatterns: [
-   "/node_modules/(?!(axios)/).*"
-  ],
+  transformIgnorePatterns: ["/node_modules/(?!(axios)/).*", "dist"],
   testEnvironment: `node`,
-  moduleFileExtensions: [`js`, `jsx`, `ts`, `tsx`, `json`],
+  moduleFileExtensions: [`js`, `ts`],
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/package.json b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/package.json
index 84ea3bd429..8a2fa11aa9 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/package.json
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/package.json
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production tsc --build",
-    "test": "jest --passWithNoTests src",
+    "test": "jest --runInBand --bail --forceExit",
     "build": "rimraf dist && tsc",
     "watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@medusajs/medusa": "^1.12.2",
     "@medusajs/types": "^1.8.10",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.4.8",
+    "@swc/jest": "^0.2.36",
     "@types/stripe": "^8.0.417",
     "cross-env": "^5.2.1",
     "jest": "^25.5.4",
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/src/core/paypal-http-client.ts b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/src/core/paypal-http-client.ts
index 9088557cce..f2d96fd9d6 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/src/core/paypal-http-client.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-paypal/src/core/paypal-http-client.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
+import { Logger } from "@medusajs/medusa"
 import axios, { AxiosInstance, AxiosRequestConfig, Method } from "axios"
 import {
   PaypalApiPath,
   PaypalEnvironmentPaths,
   PaypalSdkOptions,
 } from "./types"
-import { Logger } from "@medusajs/medusa"
 
 const MAX_ATTEMPTS = 2
 
@@ -31,15 +31,7 @@ export class PaypalHttpClient {
     this.httpClient_ = new Proxy(axiosInstance, {
       // Handle automatic retry mechanism
       get: (target, prop) => {
-        // @ts-ignore
-        // eslint-disable-next-line prefer-rest-params
-        const original = Reflect.get(...arguments)
-
-        if ("request" === (prop as string)) {
-          return this.retryIfNecessary(original)
-        }
-
-        return original
+        return this.retryIfNecessary(target[prop].bind(target))
       },
     })
   }
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/jest.config.js b/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/jest.config.js
index e564d67c70..16b8fc0518 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/jest.config.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
   transform: {
-    "^.+\\.[jt]s?$": "ts-jest",
+    "^.+\\.[jt]s?$": "@swc/jest",
   },
   testEnvironment: `node`,
-  moduleFileExtensions: [`js`, `jsx`, `ts`, `tsx`, `json`],
+  moduleFileExtensions: [`js`, `ts`, `json`],
+  modulePathIgnorePatterns: ["dist", "node_modules"],
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/package.json b/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/package.json
index 06145b72fe..04ce7e0958 100644
--- a/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/package.json
+++ b/packages/medusa-payment-stripe/package.json
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@
   "license": "MIT",
   "scripts": {
     "prepublishOnly": "cross-env NODE_ENV=production tsc --build",
-    "test": "jest --passWithNoTests src",
+    "test": "jest --runInBand --bail --forceExit",
     "build": "rimraf dist && tsc -p ./tsconfig.server.json && medusa-admin bundle",
     "watch": "tsc --watch"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@medusajs/admin": "^7.1.10",
     "@medusajs/medusa": "^1.20.3",
+    "@swc/core": "^1.4.8",
+    "@swc/jest": "^0.2.36",
     "@tanstack/react-table": "^8.7.9",
     "@types/stripe": "^8.0.417",
     "awilix": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/scripts/run-workspace-unit-tests-in-chunks.sh b/scripts/run-workspace-unit-tests-in-chunks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..24ece21113
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run-workspace-unit-tests-in-chunks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Get array of workspaces
+# convert NDJSON stream to an array of arrays, divided by chunk size
+# The reason we do a conditional here is that github actions thinks that there is
+# a secret present with the output of this and therefore refuses to share data between jobs
+if [ -z "${CHUNKS}" ]; then
+  export CHUNKS=$(yarn workspaces list --json | jq -j '[inputs | .name]' | jq -r | jq -cM '[_nwise(length / 2 | ceil)]')
+fi
+
+# get the workspaces of the current CHUNK environment
+workspaces=$(echo $CHUNKS | jq -r ".[$CHUNK]")
+
+echo "workspaces - $workspaces"
+# Initialize an empty string for the filters
+filters=""
+
+# Loop through each workspace in the array
+for workspace in $(echo "$workspaces" | jq -r '.[]'); do
+  # Add the workspace name to the filters array as an argument
+  filters+=" --filter=${workspace}"
+done
+
+# Run the test in the selected chunk
+yarn run test $filters
diff --git a/turbo.json b/turbo.json
index 2a6bccb5d0..f63c2745a5 100644
--- a/turbo.json
+++ b/turbo.json
@@ -6,15 +6,12 @@
       "outputs": ["!node_modules/**", "!src/**", "*/**"]
     },
     "test": {
-      "dependsOn": ["build"],
       "outputs": []
     },
     "test:integration": {
-      "dependsOn": ["build"],
       "outputs": []
     },
     "test:integration:chunk": {
-      "dependsOn": ["build"],
       "outputs": []
     }
   },
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 73e7ee09cf..8d38f3cb34 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -38016,6 +38016,8 @@ __metadata:
     "@medusajs/medusa": ^1.12.2
     "@medusajs/types": ^1.8.10
     "@paypal/checkout-server-sdk": ^1.0.3
+    "@swc/core": ^1.4.8
+    "@swc/jest": ^0.2.36
     "@types/stripe": ^8.0.417
     axios: ^1.3.4
     body-parser: ^1.19.0
@@ -38037,6 +38039,8 @@ __metadata:
     "@medusajs/admin": ^7.1.10
     "@medusajs/medusa": ^1.20.3
     "@medusajs/utils": ^1.11.7
+    "@swc/core": ^1.4.8
+    "@swc/jest": ^0.2.36
     "@tanstack/react-table": ^8.7.9
     "@types/stripe": ^8.0.417
     awilix: ^8.0.1