diff --git a/eth/stagedsync/stage_headers.go b/eth/stagedsync/stage_headers.go
index 7ac006dba1e..3c7a362021f 100644
--- a/eth/stagedsync/stage_headers.go
+++ b/eth/stagedsync/stage_headers.go
@@ -1102,8 +1102,8 @@ func DownloadAndIndexSnapshotsIfNeed(s *StageState, ctx context.Context, tx kv.R
 				if workers < 1 {
 					workers = 1
 				}
-				if workers > 4 {
-					workers = 4
+				if workers > 2 {
+					workers = 2 // 4 workers get killed on 16Gb RAM
 				}
 				if err := snapshotsync.BuildIndices(ctx, cfg.snapshots, cfg.snapshotDir, *chainID, cfg.tmpdir, cfg.snapshots.IndicesAvailable(), workers, log.LvlInfo); err != nil {
 					return err