diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cc2b771e8..e2c35db01 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ matrix:
         - . /usr/share/modules/init/bash
         - module load armie21/21.0
         - travis_wait 45 make TARGET=A64FX CROSS=1 CC=gcc-10 FC=gfortran-10 HOSTCC=gcc-10
-        - armie -msve-vector-bits=256 -- test/sblat1
+        - OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS=2 armie -msve-vector-bits=256 -- test/sblat1
         - armie -msve-vector-bits=128 -- test/dblat1
         - armie -msve-vector-bits=512 -- test/zblat1
         - armie -msve-vector-bits=128 -- test/dblat3 <test/dblat3.dat