diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6e02000c78..c4622530ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ checkupdates_runner:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/fdroid/ci-images-checkupdates:latest
   variables: 
     GIT_DEPTH: "1"
-  parallel: 15
+  parallel: 10
   tags:
     - checkupdates-runner
   rules: