diff --git a/Formula/o/octave.rb b/Formula/o/octave.rb
index 8d8b6f819bb3..5502f5dab6b8 100644
--- a/Formula/o/octave.rb
+++ b/Formula/o/octave.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class Octave < Formula
   mirror "https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/octave/octave-9.2.0.tar.xz"
   sha256 "21417afb579105b035cac0bea09201522e384893ae90a781b8727efa32765807"
   license "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+  revision 1
 
   # New tarballs appear on https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/ before a release is
   # announced, so we check the octave.org download page instead.
@@ -126,7 +127,10 @@ def install
     end
 
     system "./configure", *args, *std_configure_args
-    system "make", "all"
+    # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/170959#issuecomment-2351023470
+    ENV.deparallelize do
+      system "make", "all"
+    end
 
     # Avoid revision bumps whenever fftw's, gcc's or OpenBLAS' Cellar paths change
     inreplace "src/mkoctfile.cc" do |s|