diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 15f233d69b..b9bd50e476 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ task:
     memory: 24G
   env:
     << : *CIRRUS_EPHEMERAL_WORKER_TEMPLATE_ENV
-    MAKEJOBS: "-j6" # ELEMENTS: reduced from -j8
+    MAKEJOBS: "-j2" # ELEMENTS: reduced from -j8
     FILE_ENV: "./ci/test/00_setup_env_native_tsan.sh"
 
 task: