diff --git a/.github/workflows/curl.yml b/.github/workflows/curl.yml
index 156e61b38d..ba3ff3ff70 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/curl.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/curl.yml
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test curl
       working-directory: curl
-      run: make -j test-ci
+      run: make -j $(nproc) test-ci