diff --git a/.cargo/config.toml b/.cargo/config.toml
index a715dd88..9aff6422 100644
--- a/.cargo/config.toml
+++ b/.cargo/config.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rustflags = [
     # uuid unstable is needed for zerocopy deserialize
     "--cfg", "uuid_unstable",
     # parallel build frontend
-    "-Z", "threads=0",
+    "-Z", "threads=8",
 ]
 rustdocflags = [
     # potentially faster. https://github.com/aws/aws-graviton-getting-started/blob/main/rust.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ rustdocflags = [
     # uuid unstable is needed for zerocopy deserialize
     "--cfg", "uuid_unstable",
     # parallel build frontend
-    "-Z", "threads=0",
+    "-Z", "threads=8",
 ]
 
 [registries.crates-io]
diff --git a/docker/cargo-config.toml b/docker/cargo-config.toml
index d47d2e07..1ed51c0e 100644
--- a/docker/cargo-config.toml
+++ b/docker/cargo-config.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ rustflags = [
     # uuid unstable is needed for zerocopy deserialize
     "--cfg", "uuid_unstable",
     # parallel build frontend
-    "-Z", "threads=0",
+    "-Z", "threads=8",
 ]
 
 [target.aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu]
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ rustflags = [
     # uuid unstable is needed for zerocopy deserialize
     "--cfg", "uuid_unstable",
     # parallel build frontend
-    "-Z", "threads=0",
+    "-Z", "threads=8",
 ]