diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 79aa7e05e147fd2dfbd2f7cb01c1abe26cd46259..d988c1e2e8b2d573cc68a03bd031220811227474 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_WAIT_TIME: 5
 
   ## Number of jobs to start during container builds
-  JOBS: 64
+  JOBS: 32
 
   ## is this nightly or not?
   NIGHTLY: ""