diff --git a/ops/pipelines/static-pipeline.yaml b/ops/pipelines/static-pipeline.yaml
index 090518423..dc57c4e46 100644
--- a/ops/pipelines/static-pipeline.yaml
+++ b/ops/pipelines/static-pipeline.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ steps:
   - label: ":llama:"
     key: "pipeline-gen"
     concurrency_group: 'depot-nix-eval'
-    concurrency: 3 # much more than this and whitby will OOM
+    concurrency: 4 # TODO: limit per builder host?
+    priority: 1
     command: |
       set -ue