diff --git a/tempest/values.yaml b/tempest/values.yaml
index f88a16880d..84324922f9 100644
--- a/tempest/values.yaml
+++ b/tempest/values.yaml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ dependencies:
 
 conf:
   script: |
-    tempest run --smoke
+    tempest run --config-file /etc/tempest/tempest.conf -w 4 --smoke
   # The following sections can be used to blacklist and whitelist specific tests.
   # If either section is not empty, it will be used to create an entry in the
   # tempest-etc configmap and will be mounted into the tempest-run-tests pod