diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index cb680cda46..411f3d9ba3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -542,8 +542,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        node_index: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
-        total_nodes: [8]
+        node_index: [0, 1, 2, 3]
+        total_nodes: [4]
     env:
       NODE_ENV: test
       DATABASE_URL: postgresql://affine:affine@localhost:5432/affine