diff --git a/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0 b/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
index f711b063..557aa544 100755
--- a/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
+++ b/.openshift/action_hooks/pre_build_jbosseap-6.0
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
 # arguments for non-CI/Jenkins builds by exporting MAVEN_ARGS. The default
 # is "clean package -Popenshift -DskipTests"
 export MAVEN_ARGS="clean package -Popenshift -Pprod -DskipTests=true"
-export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"
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+export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m -Dmaven.artifact.threads=20"
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