diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/loopabull b/inventory/group_vars/loopabull
index 0993614a0f..86aa6f96af 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/loopabull
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/loopabull
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here.
 lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 2048
-num_cpus: 1
+num_cpus: 2
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-loopabull
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/mm2-sudoers"
diff --git a/inventory/group_vars/loopabull_stg b/inventory/group_vars/loopabull_stg
index bcdc747b77..7aa28c2241 100644
--- a/inventory/group_vars/loopabull_stg
+++ b/inventory/group_vars/loopabull_stg
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Define resources for this group of hosts here.
 lvm_size: 20000
 mem_size: 4096
-num_cpus: 1
+num_cpus: 2
 
 fas_client_groups: sysadmin-loopabull
 sudoers: "{{ private }}/files/sudo/mm2-sudoers"