diff --git a/docs/build_docs.py b/docs/build_docs.py
index 378584a70be4b..6bc60b6dcbf0c 100755
--- a/docs/build_docs.py
+++ b/docs/build_docs.py
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ def main():
             docs_only=docs_only,
             spellcheck_only=spellcheck_only,
             for_production=for_production,
-            jobs=1,
+            jobs=jobs,
             verbose=args.verbose,
         )
         if package_build_errors: