diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
index 0d8d4447..d321830b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 env:
   MAIN_PATH: 'build-dir'
   GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-  MAVEN_THREADS: 'false'
+  MAVEN_THREADS: 'true'
 jobs:
   build:
     if: github.repository == 'spring-cloud/stream-applications'
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           FOLDERS=
           ROOT_MODULES=
           if [ "$MAVEN_THREADS" = "true" ]; then
-            MVN_THR="-T 0.3C"
+            MVN_THR="-T 0.5C"
           else
             MVN_THR=
           fi
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
               # Module with no / are probably a root module that contains other modules and will trigger a lot of dependant builds without real value
               echo "::info ::building $ROOT_MODULES"
               echo "::debug ::MAVEN:./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -pl $ROOT_MODULES install"
-              ./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -pl $ROOT_MODULES install -Pintegration
+              ./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -pl $ROOT_MODULES install
               RC=$?
               if ((RC!=0)); then
                 exit $RC
@@ -104,12 +104,26 @@ jobs:
           if [ "$FOLDERS" != "" ]; then
             echo "::info ::verify $FOLDERS and dependents"
             echo "::debug ::MAVEN:./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install"
-            ./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install -Pintegration
+            ./mvnw $MAVEN_OPTS -amd -pl $FOLDERS install
             RC=$?
             if ((RC!=0)); then
               exit $RC
             fi
           fi
+          # Build any applications that was compiled but don't deploy to artifactory.          
+          PROCESSORS=$(find ./applications/processor -name target -exec ./parent-dir '{}' \;)
+          SINKS=$(find ./applications/sink -name target -exec ./parent-dir '{}' \;)
+          SOURCES=$(find ./applications/source -name target -exec ./parent-dir '{}' \;)
+          # true as 3rd argument ensures that jars aren't deployed and containers aren't built.
+          for appdir in $PROCESSORS; do
+            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
+          done          
+          for appdir in $SOURCES; do
+            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
+          done          
+          for appdir in $SINKS; do
+            ./build-app.sh . "./$appdir" true
+          done
       - name: 'Upload: Error logs'
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/build-app.sh b/build-app.sh
index 7588b4c5..0d5b4d63 100755
--- a/build-app.sh
+++ b/build-app.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ if [ "$2" == "" ]; then
 fi
 PROJECT_FOLDER=$(realpath "$1")
 APP_FOLDER=$2
+SKIP_DEPLOY=$3
 
 set -e
 check_env ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ pushd "$PROJECT_FOLDER" >/dev/null
   fi
 
   echo "Project Version:$VERSION"
-  if [ "$LOCAL" == "true" ]; then
+  if [ "$LOCAL" == "true" ] || [ "$SKIP_DEPLOY" == "true" ]; then
     MAVEN_GOAL="install verify"
   else
     MAVEN_GOAL="install verify deploy"
@@ -83,25 +84,27 @@ pushd "$PROJECT_FOLDER" >/dev/null
           FOLDER=$(pwd)
           echo "Building:$FOLDER"
           $SCDIR/build-folder.sh "." "$MAVEN_GOAL -Pintegration"
-          for v in $JDKS; do
-            echo "Pack:$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
-            pack build \
-              --path "target/$app-$VERSION.jar" \
-              --builder gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:base \
-              --env BP_JVM_VERSION=$v \
-              --env BPE_APPEND_JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
-              --env BPE_APPEND_JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dsun.jnu.encoding \
-              --env BPE_LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 \
-              --env BPE_LANG=en_US.utf8 \
-              "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
-            echo "Created:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
-          done
-          if [ "$DEFAULT_JDK" != "" ]; then
-            docker tag "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK" "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION"
-            echo "Tagged:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK as springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION"
-            if [ "$BRANCH" != "" ]; then
-              docker tag "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK" "springcloudstream/$app:$BRANCH"
-              echo "Tagged:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK as springcloudstream/$app:$BRANCH"
+          if [ "$SKIP_DEPLOY" == "" ] || [ "$SKIP_DEPLOY" == "false" ]; then
+            for v in $JDKS; do
+              echo "Pack:$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
+              pack build \
+                --path "target/$app-$VERSION.jar" \
+                --builder gcr.io/paketo-buildpacks/builder:base \
+                --env BP_JVM_VERSION=$v \
+                --env BPE_APPEND_JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 \
+                --env BPE_APPEND_JDK_JAVA_OPTIONS=-Dsun.jnu.encoding \
+                --env BPE_LC_ALL=en_US.utf8 \
+                --env BPE_LANG=en_US.utf8 \
+                "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
+              echo "Created:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$v"
+            done
+            if [ "$DEFAULT_JDK" != "" ]; then
+              docker tag "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK" "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION"
+              echo "Tagged:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK as springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION"
+              if [ "$BRANCH" != "" ]; then
+                docker tag "springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK" "springcloudstream/$app:$BRANCH"
+                echo "Tagged:springcloudstream/$app:$VERSION-jdk$DEFAULT_JDK as springcloudstream/$app:$BRANCH"
+              fi
             fi
           fi
         popd >/dev/null
diff --git a/parent-dir.sh b/parent-dir.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..deef28c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parent-dir.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+function relativepath() {
+    source=$(realpath "$1")
+    target=$(realpath "$2")
+
+    common_part=$source # for now
+    result="" # for now
+
+    while [[ "${target#$common_part}" == "${target}" ]]; do
+        # no match, means that candidate common part is not correct
+        # go up one level (reduce common part)
+        common_part="$(dirname $common_part)"
+        # and record that we went back, with correct / handling
+        if [[ -z $result ]]; then
+            result=".."
+        else
+            result="../$result"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    if [[ $common_part == "/" ]]; then
+        # special case for root (no common path)
+        result="$result/"
+    fi
+
+    # since we now have identified the common part,
+    # compute the non-common part
+    forward_part="${target#$common_part}"
+
+    # and now stick all parts together
+    if [[ -n $result ]] && [[ -n $forward_part ]]; then
+        result="$result$forward_part"
+    elif [[ -n $forward_part ]]; then
+        # extra slash removal
+        result="${forward_part:1}"
+    fi
+
+    echo $result
+}
+DIR="$1"
+PARENT="$DIR/.."
+relativepath "$PWD" "$PARENT"