diff --git a/group_vars/centos7.yml b/group_vars/centos7.yml
index bf74305..24bd5b0 100644
--- a/group_vars/centos7.yml
+++ b/group_vars/centos7.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # default resources for new vm
 dsk_size: 20
 mem_size: 1536
-num_cpus: 1
+num_cpus: 2
 
 # extra args for virt-install
 ks_file: "{{ boot_url }}/ks/centos7.ks"
diff --git a/group_vars/centos8.yml b/group_vars/centos8.yml
index ec55897..f06e9a9 100644
--- a/group_vars/centos8.yml
+++ b/group_vars/centos8.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # default resources for new vm
 dsk_size: 20
 mem_size: 2048
-num_cpus: 1
+num_cpus: 2
 
 # extra args for virt-install
 ks_file: "{{ boot_url }}/ks/centos8.ks"
diff --git a/group_vars/openbsd.yml b/group_vars/openbsd.yml
index d568846..a6243fd 100644
--- a/group_vars/openbsd.yml
+++ b/group_vars/openbsd.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ tls_bundle: "{{ tls_certs }}/cert.pem"
 # default resources for new vm
 dsk_size: 10
 mem_size: 256
-num_cpus: 1
+num_cpus: 2
 
 # extra args for virt-install
 virt_install_os_args: --cdrom {{ boot_url }}/openbsd/openbsd.iso