diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
index 8b0bd00..e4c5fbd 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/cookied-cicd-pike-dpdk/cookiecutter-context-pike-ovs-dpdk.yaml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
   openstack_nfv_sriov_enabled: 'False'
   openstack_nova_compute_hugepages_count: '2048'
   openstack_nova_compute_nfv_req_enabled: 'False'
-  openstack_nova_cpu_pinning: '3'
+  openstack_nova_cpu_pinning: '4,5,8,9,10,11'
   openstack_ovs_dvr_enabled: 'False'
   openstack_ovs_encapsulation_type: vxlan
   openstack_proxy_address: 10.167.4.80