diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3e54e90092f1f3f49d1584fd3e5627db2832d328..9cd1aef9107cd6fab4ba46e44a1f4bcf1c9be334 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: 128
+  JOBS: 64
 
   ## is this nightly or not?
   NIGHTLY: ""