diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/gradle.properties b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/gradle.properties
index 530093261232..74501efb27c2 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/gradle.properties
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/gradle.properties
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 testExecutionConcurrency=-1
-JunitMethodExecutionTimeout=35 m
+JunitMethodExecutionTimeout=60 m
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/metadata.yaml b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/metadata.yaml
index e64d57298df9..34dbcdf9b015 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/metadata.yaml
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/metadata.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ data:
   connectorSubtype: file
   connectorType: destination
   definitionId: 4816b78f-1489-44c1-9060-4b19d5fa9362
-  dockerImageTag: 1.5.0-rc.8
+  dockerImageTag: 1.5.0-rc.9
   dockerRepository: airbyte/destination-s3
   githubIssueLabel: destination-s3
   icon: s3.svg
diff --git a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/s3_v2/S3V2WriteTest.kt b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/s3_v2/S3V2WriteTest.kt
index 1b30d96c0267..8da91c173ced 100644
--- a/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/s3_v2/S3V2WriteTest.kt
+++ b/airbyte-integrations/connectors/destination-s3/src/test-integration/kotlin/io/airbyte/integrations/destination/s3_v2/S3V2WriteTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout
 
-@Timeout(35, unit = TimeUnit.MINUTES)
+@Timeout(60, unit = TimeUnit.MINUTES)
 abstract class S3V2WriteTest(
     path: String,
     expectedRecordMapper: ExpectedRecordMapper,
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-bulk-connector.gradle b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-bulk-connector.gradle
index f7e1cfee923f..adfc75113488 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-bulk-connector.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/groovy/airbyte-bulk-connector.gradle
@@ -202,7 +202,11 @@ class AirbyteBulkConnectorPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                 environment "AIRBYTE_CONNECTOR_INTEGRATION_TEST_RUNNER", "docker"
 
                 jvmArgs = project.test.jvmArgs
-                systemProperties = project.test.systemProperties
+                systemProperties = project.test.systemProperties + [
+                        'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.enabled': 'true',
+                        'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.config.strategy': 'fixed',
+                        'junit.jupiter.execution.parallel.config.fixed.parallelism': Math.max((Runtime.runtime.availableProcessors() / 2).toInteger(), 1).toString()
+                ]
                 maxParallelForks = project.test.maxParallelForks
                 maxHeapSize = project.test.maxHeapSize
 
diff --git a/docs/integrations/destinations/s3.md b/docs/integrations/destinations/s3.md
index 9ec0d7094796..90c21e35748b 100644
--- a/docs/integrations/destinations/s3.md
+++ b/docs/integrations/destinations/s3.md
@@ -544,7 +544,8 @@ To see connector limitations, or troubleshoot your S3 connector, see more [in ou
 
 | Version    | Date       | Pull Request                                               | Subject                                                                                                                                              |
 |:-----------|:-----------|:-----------------------------------------------------------|:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| 1.5.0-rc.8 | 2025-01-7 | [50960](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/50960)   | Use `airbyte/java-connector-base` base image.                                                                                    |
+| 1.5.0-rc.9 | 2025-01-10 | [50960](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/50960)   | Bug fixes: variables respected in bucket path; sync does not hang on streams w/o state                                                               |
+| 1.5.0-rc.8 | 2025-01-08 | [50960](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/50960)   | Use `airbyte/java-connector-base` base image.                                                                                                        |
 | 1.5.0-rc.7 | 2025-01-09 | [51021](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/51021)   | Bug fix: Use CRT HTTP client to avoid OkHttp idle connection handling errors                                                                         |
 | 1.5.0-rc.6 | 2025-01-06 | [50954](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/50954)   | Bug fix: transient failure due to bug in generation tracker                                                                                          |
 | 1.5.0-rc.5 | 2025-01-06 | [50954](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/50954)   | Bug fix: transient failure due to bug in filename clash prevention                                                                                   |