diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index fbfde58d3..bc6225c98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
-        split: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  # Number of splits
+        split: [1, 2, 3, 4]  # Number of splits
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # run the line below locally to update tests durations file
         # pytest --cov=autoplex --cov-append --splits 1 --group 1 --durations-path ./tests/test_data/.pytest-split-durations --store-durations
-        pytest --cov=autoplex --cov-report term-missing --cov-append --splits 5 --group ${{ matrix.split }} -vv --durations-path ./tests/test_data/.pytest-split-durations
+        pytest --cov=autoplex --cov-report term-missing --cov-append --splits 4 --group ${{ matrix.split }} -vv --durations-path ./tests/test_data/.pytest-split-durations
     - name: Upload coverage
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
@@ -87,4 +87,4 @@ jobs:
           pip install .[docs,strict]
 
       - name: Build
-        run: sphinx-build -W docs _build
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+        run: sphinx-build -W docs _build