diff --git a/dependencies/tool_metadata.yml b/dependencies/tool_metadata.yml
index 29a9b3930..5492712ba 100644
--- a/dependencies/tool_metadata.yml
+++ b/dependencies/tool_metadata.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   in_install: false
 - name: openroad_app
   repo: https://github.com/The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD
-  commit: f12e2f474102bfb875eeee57fb610d7d7de17770
+  commit: c1c315118e68926dfff368f85e13bf50adaa920f
   build: ''
   in_install: false
 - name: git
diff --git a/docker/openroad_app/Dockerfile b/docker/openroad_app/Dockerfile
index ce9a7f7b8..59d738aa1 100644
--- a/docker/openroad_app/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/openroad_app/Dockerfile
@@ -68,9 +68,7 @@ RUN python3 ./utils.py fetch-submodules-from-tarballs ${OPENROAD_APP_REPO} ${OPE
 RUN sed -i "s/GITDIR-NOTFOUND/${OPENROAD_APP_COMMIT}/" cmake/GetGitRevisionDescription.cmake
 RUN mkdir build && mkdir -p /build/version && mkdir install
 RUN cd build && cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$(pwd)/install ..
-# Max will be four cores: more than that and there are too many files open at the same time
-# To clarify, llvm-ar *crashes*.
-RUN cd build && make -j2
+RUN cd build && make -j$(nproc)
 RUN cd build && make install
 RUN cp -r build/install/bin /build/