diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
index a4cf39340..98cf28716 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-daily.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '30 6 * * *'
 
 env:
-  NPROC: 2
+  NPROC: 1
   MAKEFLAGS: "-j${NPROC}"
   NIMFLAGS: "--parallelBuild:${NPROC} --colors:off -d:chronicles_colors:none"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b45853e21..9768ad14e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
-  NPROC: 2
+  NPROC: 1
   MAKEFLAGS: "-j${NPROC}"
   NIMFLAGS: "--parallelBuild:${NPROC} --colors:off -d:chronicles_colors:none"
   NIM_VERSION: '2.2.4'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
index 0783c1f66..d471eee2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
         value: ${{ jobs.build-docker-image.outputs.image }}
 
 env:
-  NPROC: 2
+  NPROC: 1
   MAKEFLAGS: "-j${NPROC}"
   NIMFLAGS: "--parallelBuild:${NPROC}"
   NIM_VERSION: '2.2.4'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
index e3c8bb575..02ddfcd28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-release.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ on:
 env:
   RELEASE_NAME: nightly
 
-  NPROC: 2
+  NPROC: 1
   MAKEFLAGS: "-j${NPROC}"
   NIMFLAGS: "--parallelBuild:${NPROC}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-assets.yml b/.github/workflows/release-assets.yml
index 50e3c4c3d..dbab8cc1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-assets.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  NPROC: 2
+  NPROC: 1
 
 jobs:
   build-and-upload:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
index 42942c515..8dd5479a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-build.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 env:
-  NPROC: 4
+  NPROC: 1
   NIM_VERSION: '2.2.4'
   NIMBLE_VERSION: '0.22.3'