diff --git a/bob/pad/face/deep_pix_bis.py b/bob/pad/face/deep_pix_bis.py
index 7e48511dd28e1a39ecb8a8e4ec3644e6a5e33740..8ffb5db4df2035115ccc395293f27a6af846c687 100644
--- a/bob/pad/face/deep_pix_bis.py
+++ b/bob/pad/face/deep_pix_bis.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from bob.io.image import to_matplotlib
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# Fix for torch on docker (fixes CI linux runners):
+torch.set_num_threads(1)
 
 DEEP_PIX_BIS_PRETRAINED_MODELS = {
     "oulu-npu-p1": [