diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoketests.yml b/.github/workflows/smoketests.yml
index 0a7dc2338..5931da235 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/smoketests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoketests.yml
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run smoke tests (pytest via uv)
         env:
-          # Use 2 workers to run files in parallel.
+          # Use 5 workers to run files in parallel.
           # Tests within a file are run sequentially.
-          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "-n 2 -m smoketest"
+          PYTEST_ADDOPTS: "-n 5 -m smoketest"
         run: |
           uv run pytest -q -vv tests/smoketests