diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/production/application-config.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/production/application-config.yaml
index 7c3aaa5..553f582 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/production/application-config.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/production/application-config.yaml
@@ -35,5 +35,5 @@ data:
   AI_GATEWAY_LOCAL_RESULT_MAX_BYTES: "268435456"
   AI_GATEWAY_LOCAL_RESULT_MAX_TASK_BYTES: "536870912"
   AI_GATEWAY_ASYNC_QUEUE_WORKER_ENABLED: "true"
-  AI_GATEWAY_ASYNC_WORKER_HARD_LIMIT: "2048"
+  AI_GATEWAY_ASYNC_WORKER_HARD_LIMIT: "48"
   AI_GATEWAY_ASYNC_WORKER_REFRESH_INTERVAL_SECONDS: "5"