diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index a214c475e1..26ae3b0071 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ group1_terminate_playbook=/home/copr/provision/terminatepb_ppc64le.yml
 group1_max_workers=3
 group1_max_vm_per_user=1
 group1_max_vm_total=2
+group1_max_spawn_processes=4
 {% endif %}
 
 ## old OS cloud, non VMM backend