diff --git a/.github/workflows/extended.yml b/.github/workflows/extended.yml
index 3dece9ebcc4cc..3837feb62226a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/extended.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/extended.yml
@@ -179,9 +179,4 @@ jobs:
           rust-version: stable
       - name: Run sqllogictest
         run: |
-          cargo test --features backtrace,parquet_encryption --profile release-nonlto --test sqllogictests -- --include-sqlite
-          cargo clean
-
-
-
-
+          cargo test --features backtrace,parquet_encryption --profile release --test sqllogictests -- --include-sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 23670a7877041..442839299174a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2646,6 +2646,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indicatif",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "log",
+ "mimalloc",
  "object_store",
  "postgres-types",
  "regex",
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
index b00fbe466728e..a3304d971f34b 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/Cargo.toml
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ half = { workspace = true, default-features = true }
 indicatif = "0.18"
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
+mimalloc = { version = "0.1", default-features = false }
 object_store = { workspace = true }
 postgres-types = { version = "0.2.12", features = ["derive", "with-chrono-0_4"], optional = true }
 # When updating the following dependency verify that sqlite test file regeneration works correctly
diff --git a/datafusion/sqllogictest/bin/sqllogictests.rs b/datafusion/sqllogictest/bin/sqllogictests.rs
index b5a382ca6a832..2980f813ac249 100644
--- a/datafusion/sqllogictest/bin/sqllogictests.rs
+++ b/datafusion/sqllogictest/bin/sqllogictests.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
 // specific language governing permissions and limitations
 // under the License.
 
+use mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
+
 use clap::{ColorChoice, Parser, ValueEnum};
 use datafusion::common::instant::Instant;
 use datafusion::common::utils::get_available_parallelism;