diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm1-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/vm1-ci.yml
index d4cda3f6e4..c26de1735b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm1-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm1-ci.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.client_payload.branch }}
 
       - run: pwd
-      - run: for f in /usr/include/openssl/*;do echo "=^$f";cat $f;done
       - run: ls
 
       - name: Prepare ccache using action
@@ -96,7 +95,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -ex
           case ${{matrix.os.name }} in
-            *bsd) _cpus="sysctl -n hw.ncpu" ;;
+            *bsd) _cpus="sudo sysctl -n hw.ncpu" ;;
+            *) _cpus="echo 3" ;;
           esac
           HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
           HB_USER_LDFLAGS=""
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
index 78c27e4fc9..13147e88c1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ jobs:
           case ${{matrix.os.name }} in
             *bsd) _cpus="sysctl -n hw.ncpu" ;;
             omnios|solaris) _cpus="psrinfo -p" _add_path="/usr/sfw/bin" ;;
+            *) _cpus="echo 3" ;;
           esac
           HB_USER_CFLAGS=""
           HB_USER_LDFLAGS=""
diff --git a/ChangeLog.txt b/ChangeLog.txt
index e2febdcc7a..16c64027b8 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.txt
+++ b/ChangeLog.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
    Entries may not always be in chronological/commit order.
    See license at the end of file. */
 
+2025-01-25 10:19 UTC+0100 Przemyslaw Czerpak (druzus/at/poczta.onet.pl)
+  * .github/workflows/vm1-ci.yml
+  * .github/workflows/vm2-ci.yml
+    * updated to always set number of CPUs for -j GNU make switch,
+      using unlimited number of forks (-j without parameter) causes
+      'Resource temporarily unavailable' error
+
 2025-01-24 15:02 UTC+0100 Aleksander Czajczynski (hb fki.pl)
   * contrib/hbct/dattime3.c
     ! fixed in block variable declaration for strict ANSI C compat