diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-beta-images.yml b/.github/workflows/build-beta-images.yml
index 3c9b4fb840..4dc528a637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-beta-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-beta-images.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
             ./compile.sh KERNEL_ONLY="yes" BOARD="bananapi" BRANCH="current" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" USE_TORRENT="yes" REPOSITORY_INSTALL="kernel" 'prepare_host'
 
             # calculate how many images we can build in parallel
-            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/4000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
+            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/2000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
 
             # cleaning leftovers if any
             rm -rf output/images/*
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
             ./compile.sh KERNEL_ONLY="yes" BOARD="bananapi" BRANCH="current" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" USE_TORRENT="yes" REPOSITORY_INSTALL="kernel" 'prepare_host'
 
             # calculate how many images we can build in parallel
-            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/4000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
+            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/2000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
 
             # cleaning leftovers if any
             rm -rf output/images/*
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ jobs:
             ./compile.sh KERNEL_ONLY="yes" BOARD="bananapi" BRANCH="current" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" USE_TORRENT="yes" REPOSITORY_INSTALL="kernel" 'prepare_host'
 
             # calculate how many images we can build in parallel
-            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/4000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
+            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/2000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
 
             # cleaning leftovers if any
             rm -rf output/images/*
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ jobs:
             ./compile.sh KERNEL_ONLY="yes" BOARD="bananapi" BRANCH="current" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" USE_TORRENT="yes" REPOSITORY_INSTALL="kernel" 'prepare_host'
 
             # calculate how many images we can build in parallel
-            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/4000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
+            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/2000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
 
             # cleaning leftovers if any
             rm -rf output/images/*
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ jobs:
             ./compile.sh KERNEL_ONLY="yes" BOARD="bananapi" BRANCH="current" KERNEL_CONFIGURE="no" USE_TORRENT="yes" REPOSITORY_INSTALL="kernel" 'prepare_host'
 
             # calculate how many images we can build in parallel
-            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/4000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
+            PARALLEL_BUILDS=$(awk '{printf("%d",$1/2000)}' <<<$(($(LC_ALL=C free -w 2>/dev/null | grep "^Mem" | awk '{print $2}' || LC_ALL=C free | grep "^Mem"| awk '{print $2}')/1024)))
 
             # cleaning leftovers if any
             rm -rf output/images/*