diff --git a/examples/dotnet/ShiftSchedulingSat.cs b/examples/dotnet/ShiftSchedulingSat.cs
index e1d5c7722c..720038220b 100644
--- a/examples/dotnet/ShiftSchedulingSat.cs
+++ b/examples/dotnet/ShiftSchedulingSat.cs
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ public class ShiftSchedulingSat
 
         // Solve model
         var solver = new CpSolver();
+	solver.StringParameters = "num_search_workers:8";
 
         var solutionPrinter = new ObjectiveSolutionPrinter();
         var status = solver.SolveWithSolutionCallback(model, solutionPrinter);
@@ -545,4 +546,3 @@ public class ShiftSchedulingSat
         return Range(0, stop);
     }
 }
-
diff --git a/examples/python/shift_scheduling_sat.py b/examples/python/shift_scheduling_sat.py
index a4f1321700..dae94953a7 100644
--- a/examples/python/shift_scheduling_sat.py
+++ b/examples/python/shift_scheduling_sat.py
@@ -378,6 +378,7 @@ def solve_shift_scheduling(params, output_proto):
 
     # Solve the model.
     solver = cp_model.CpSolver()
+    solver.parameters.num_search_workers = 8
     if params:
         text_format.Merge(params, solver.parameters)
     solution_printer = cp_model.ObjectiveSolutionPrinter()