diff --git a/.github/workflows/bwrap.yml b/.github/workflows/bwrap.yml
index d0d82061..cbd5f1f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bwrap.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bwrap.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
             mirror-state
           key: cache-${{ hashFiles('steps/*/sources') }}
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 2 --internal-ci pass1 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
+        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 4 --internal-ci pass1 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
       - name: Archive created packages
         if: failure() # archive failed builds progress
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy distfiles
         run: ./download-distfiles.sh file:///${PWD}/mirror
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 2 --internal-ci pass2 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
+        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 4 --internal-ci pass2 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
       - name: Archive created packages
         if: failure() # archive failed builds progress
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy distfiles
         run: ./download-distfiles.sh file:///${PWD}/mirror
       - name: Run bootstrap
-        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 2 --internal-ci pass3 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
+        run: ./rootfs.py --bwrap --external-sources --build-kernels --cores 4 --internal-ci pass3 --mirror file://${PWD}/mirror
       - name: Archive created packages
         if: always() # archive both failed and successful builds
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4