diff --git a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
index acc1122..a3e0433 100644
--- a/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
+++ b/python-SQLAlchemy.spec
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export CFLAGS="%{optflags} -fno-strict-aliasing"
 
 %check
 jobs=1
-test "%{jobs}" -gt 4 && jobs=4
+test "%{jobs}" -gt 2 && jobs=2
 %pytest_arch -n $jobs -k 'not (test_parseconnect and CreateEngineTest and test_bad_args)'
 
 %files %{python_files}