diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
index c9c7a47041..354237b643 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/utils.py
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ def trim_version(version, num_parts=2):
     trimmed = ".".join(parts[:num_parts])
     return trimmed
 
-def cpu_count(at_least=1, at_most=64):
+def cpu_count(at_least=1, at_most=192):
     cpus = len(os.sched_getaffinity(0))
     return max(min(cpus, at_most), at_least)