diff --git a/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh b/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
index 011679338e8f..c08a2f2374d4 100755
--- a/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/yarn-project/end-to-end/bootstrap.sh
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ function avm_check_circuit {
   fi
 
   # Run check-circuit
-  avm_check_circuit_cmds | parallelize
+  avm_check_circuit_cmds | parallelize 16
 }
 
 # Generates e2e test commands using contract artifacts from a prior release version.