diff --git a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2 b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
index f3276db882..06fb8c967e 100644
--- a/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/copr/backend/templates/copr-be.conf.j2
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ group0_max_vm_per_user=4
 group0_max_vm_total=12
 {% else %}
 group0_max_workers=40
-group0_max_vm_per_user=8
-group0_max_vm_total=35
+group0_max_vm_per_user=10
+group0_max_vm_total=33
 group0_vm_spawn_min_interval=5
 group0_max_spawn_processes=5
 {% endif %}
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ group1_spawn_playbook=/home/copr/provision/builderpb_nova_ppc64le.yml
 group1_terminate_playbook=/home/copr/provision/terminatepb_nova.yml
 
 group1_max_workers=5
-group1_max_vm_per_user=1
-group1_max_vm_total=4
+group1_max_vm_per_user=3
+group1_max_vm_total=6
 group1_max_spawn_processes=2
 
 ## old OS cloud, non VMM backend