diff --git a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
index 1b092555541..963f482adec 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/configs/app_configs.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         CELERY_WORKER_LIGHT_PREFETCH_MULTIPLIER_DEFAULT
     )
 
-CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CONCURRENCY_DEFAULT = 1
+CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CONCURRENCY_DEFAULT = 3
 try:
     env_value = os.environ.get("CELERY_WORKER_INDEXING_CONCURRENCY")
     if not env_value: