diff --git a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
index a5b0f165221bba47bfcbed2fd098effd0ce0d985..b9b0f633ae143cb94f1703ebe1240c557747bc85 100644
--- a/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
+++ b/stacks/pinot-noir/packages_stack.yaml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ packages:
 
   openblas:
     require: ['build_system=makefile']
-    prefer: ['threads=pthreads symbol_suffix=none ~ilp64']
+    prefer: ['threads=openmp', 'symbol_suffix=none', '~ilp64']
 
   opencv:
     prefer: ['+vtk', '+python3']