diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
index 69fe52612d..200660cc96 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/db-qa01.qa.fedoraproject.org
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ mariadb_root_password: "{{ dbqa01_mysql_root_password }}"
 # These are normally group variables, but in this case db servers are often different
 lvm_size: 300000
 mem_size: 16384
-num_cpus: 6
+num_cpus: 10
 tcp_ports: [ 5432, 443, 3306 ]
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-qa,sysadmin-noc,sysadmin-veteran
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/qavirt-sudoers"