diff --git a/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py b/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
index 8257ecf14..33be46e57 100644
--- a/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
+++ b/python/langsmith/_internal/_background_thread.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger("langsmith.client")
 
 HTTP_REQUEST_THREAD_POOL = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
-    max_workers=cpu_count()
+    max_workers=cpu_count()*3
 )