diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index aa6d777184..eb02c0c217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -2130,7 +2130,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --enable-unittests
       - run: make -j2
       - run: make check
-      - run: make -j2 distcheck
+        # -j2 caused random failures during cargo vendor
+      - run: make distcheck
         env:
           DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS: "--enable-unittests --enable-debug --enable-lua --enable-geoip --enable-profiling --enable-profiling-locks --enable-dpdk"
       - run: test -e doc/userguide/suricata.1