diff --git a/.github/actions/librocksdb/action.yaml b/.github/actions/librocksdb/action.yaml
index b22ee39cfcf..ef64fd3ee2d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/librocksdb/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/librocksdb/action.yaml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ runs:
         mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/rocksdb
         cd ${WORKDIR}/rocksdb
         [[ -d .git ]] || git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git -b v8.10.2 --depth 1 .
-        make -j4 static_lib
+        make -j$(nproc) static_lib
         make DESTDIR=/opt/rocksdb install-static
         set +x
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index cb63cf3b5d1..59622a7086b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ FROM deps-${RUSTC_WRAPPER:-base} AS rocksdb
 RUN mkdir -p /tmp/rocksdb
 WORKDIR /tmp/rocksdb
 RUN git clone https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb.git -b v8.10.2 --depth 1 . && \
-    make -j 4 static_lib && \
+    make -j$(nproc) static_lib && \
     mkdir -p /opt/rocksdb/usr/local/lib && \
     cp librocksdb.a /opt/rocksdb/usr/local/lib/ && \
     cp -r include /opt/rocksdb/usr/local/lib/ && \