diff --git a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
index b8b9a4e388..29e5de3deb 100644
--- a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
+++ b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_gpt_train.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,
     batch_group_size=48,
     eval_batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,
-    num_loader_workers=8,
+    num_loader_workers=4,
     eval_split_max_size=256,
     print_step=50,
     plot_step=100,
diff --git a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
index 6663433c12..da4f923706 100644
--- a/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
+++ b/tests/xtts_tests/test_xtts_v2-0_gpt_train.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,
     batch_group_size=48,
     eval_batch_size=BATCH_SIZE,
-    num_loader_workers=8,
+    num_loader_workers=4,
     eval_split_max_size=256,
     print_step=50,
     plot_step=100,