diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0b5ca5f91..a77268364 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ endif
 	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --profile --library-profiling --executable-profiling --flag uniworx:-library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) --local-bin-path $$(pwd)/bin --copy-bins
 # HELP(dependencies-backend): (re-)build backend dependencies
 --dependencies-backend: uniworx.cabal
-	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --fast --only-dependencies
+	stack build -j1 --only-dependencies
 # HELP(lint-backend): lint backend
 --lint-backend:
 	stack build $(STACK_CORES) --test --fast --flag uniworx:library-only $(--DEVELOPMENT) uniworx:test:hlint