diff --git a/chromium.spec b/chromium.spec
index 4cc25ed..eb536ef 100644
--- a/chromium.spec
+++ b/chromium.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 # set default numjobs for the koji build
 %ifarch aarch64
-%global numjobs 16
+%global numjobs 8
 %else
 %global numjobs %{_smp_build_ncpus}
 %endif