diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/keys b/inventory/group_vars/keys
index 3271620c7f..d648277826 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/keys
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/keys
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 freezes: false
 lvm_size: 40000
 mem_size: 4096
-num_cpus: 2
+num_cpus: 4
 # for systems that do not match the above - specify the same parameter in
 # the host_vars/$hostname file