diff --git a/.github/docker_images/cmake_build_versions/cmake_build.sh b/.github/docker_images/cmake_build_versions/cmake_build.sh
index 46603a01e3..cc737dcbe3 100755
--- a/.github/docker_images/cmake_build_versions/cmake_build.sh
+++ b/.github/docker_images/cmake_build_versions/cmake_build.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ set -ex -o pipefail
 
 echo "Building CMake Version: ${CMAKE_VERSION:-unknown}"
 
+NUM_CPU_THREADS=$(grep -c ^processor /proc/cpuinfo)
+
 # At the moment this works fine for all versions, in the future build logic can be modified to
 # look at it ${CMAKE_VERSION}.
 ./configure --prefix=/opt/cmake --system-curl --system-libarchive
-make -j
+make -j"${NUM_CPU_THREADS}"
 make install