diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-genbank-master.yml b/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-genbank-master.yml
index 97ad2ea3..1fad4f00 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-genbank-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-genbank-master.yml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
           --aws-batch \
           --detach \
           --no-download \
-          --cpus 16 \
+          --cpus 36 \
           --memory 68GiB \
           --env GITHUB_RUN_ID \
           --env SLACK_TOKEN \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-gisaid-master.yml b/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-gisaid-master.yml
index 50353591..babbb6c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-gisaid-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fetch-and-ingest-gisaid-master.yml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ jobs:
           --aws-batch \
           --detach \
           --no-download \
-          --cpus 16 \
+          --cpus 48 \
           --memory 90GiB \
           --env GISAID_API_ENDPOINT \
           --env GISAID_USERNAME_AND_PASSWORD \