diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/buildconfig-stub.yml b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/buildconfig-stub.yml
index 0e57d79f2e..5e9294f1f5 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/buildconfig-stub.yml
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/coreos-cincinnati/templates/buildconfig-stub.yml
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     app: "coreos-cincinnati"
 spec:
+  completionDeadlineSeconds: 1800
   resources:
     requests:
       memory: "3Gi"
     limits:
       memory: "3Gi"
-  runPolicy: "Serial"
+  runPolicy: "Parallel"
   strategy:
     type: "Docker"
     dockerStrategy: