diff --git a/api/config/queue.yml b/api/config/queue.yml
index 6c40cb08..f16fc238 100644
--- a/api/config/queue.yml
+++ b/api/config/queue.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ default: &default
       batch_size: 500
   workers:
     - queues: "*"
-      threads: 16
+      threads: 14
       processes: <%= ENV.fetch("JOB_CONCURRENCY", 1) %>
       polling_interval: 0.1