diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
index e55ce27e7c..761395d9e1 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/pkgs01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,sec=sys,nfsvers=3"
 nm: 255.255.255.0
 nrpe_procs_crit: 600
 nrpe_procs_warn: 500
-num_cpus: 8
+num_cpus: 16
 # DB used by pagure
 pagure_db_host: db01.iad2.fedoraproject.org
 sar_output_file: dist_git.json