diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 80566d09..c449f1c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ver=$(/tmp/sbin/initctl -V | awk '/Finit.*/ {print $2;}')
           dir=finit-$ver/_build/sub
-          make distcheck || (cat $dir/test/test-suite.log; false)
+          make -j1 distcheck || (cat $dir/test/test-suite.log; false)
       - name: Upload Test Results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with: