diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/publication/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/publication/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index 2450bdad7..b1c8e7c85 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/publication/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/publication/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
                 --conf spark.sql.queryExecutionListeners=${spark2SqlQueryExecutionListeners}
                 --conf spark.yarn.historyServer.address=${spark2YarnHistoryServerAddress}
                 --conf spark.eventLog.dir=${nameNode}${spark2EventLogDir}
-                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=2560
+                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=5000
             </spark-opts>
             <arg>--inputGraphTablePath</arg><arg>${inputGraphRootPath}/publication</arg>
             <arg>--graphTableClassName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Publication</arg>
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
                 --conf spark.sql.queryExecutionListeners=${spark2SqlQueryExecutionListeners}
                 --conf spark.yarn.historyServer.address=${spark2YarnHistoryServerAddress}
                 --conf spark.eventLog.dir=${nameNode}${spark2EventLogDir}
-                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=2560
+                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=5000
             </spark-opts>
             <arg>--inputGraphTablePath</arg><arg>${workingDir}/publication</arg>
             <arg>--graphTableClassName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Publication</arg>
diff --git a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/relation/oozie_app/workflow.xml b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/relation/oozie_app/workflow.xml
index a7dce8f2f..20ffe26d3 100644
--- a/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/relation/oozie_app/workflow.xml
+++ b/dhp-workflows/dhp-actionmanager/src/main/resources/eu/dnetlib/dhp/actionmanager/wf/relation/oozie_app/workflow.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                 --conf spark.sql.queryExecutionListeners=${spark2SqlQueryExecutionListeners}
                 --conf spark.yarn.historyServer.address=${spark2YarnHistoryServerAddress}
                 --conf spark.eventLog.dir=${nameNode}${spark2EventLogDir}
-                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=2560
+                --conf spark.sql.shuffle.partitions=5000
             </spark-opts>
             <arg>--inputGraphTablePath</arg><arg>${inputGraphRootPath}/relation</arg>
             <arg>--graphTableClassName</arg><arg>eu.dnetlib.dhp.schema.oaf.Relation</arg>