diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
index f021b44d4e..e3759dc0f8 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/util/settings.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ class Config(UpdateTrackingModel["Config"], BaseSettings):
     )
 
     num_copilot_workers: int = Field(
-        default=10,
+        default=5,
         ge=1,
         le=100,
         description="Number of concurrent CoPilot executor workers",