diff --git a/recipes/k8/build.sh b/recipes/k8/build.sh
index c3590e9c07441..7b4b07ac03c13 100644
--- a/recipes/k8/build.sh
+++ b/recipes/k8/build.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ patch -p0 < ${RECIPE_DIR}/nodejs-x86_64.patch
 
 # The provided configure script is a sh/python hybrid which boils down to one line of Python
 python -c "import configure" --without-node-snapshot --without-etw --without-npm --without-inspector --without-dtrace
-make -j2
+make -j3
 popd
 
 # make it possible to set conda build's CXXFLAGS and point to the Node sources