diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
index 938d50a77..417417c74 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/secret-scanning-v2/secret-scanning-v2-queue.ts
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export const secretScanningV2QueueServiceFactory = async ({
     },
     {
       batchSize: 1,
-      workerCount: 20,
+      workerCount: 2,
       pollingIntervalSeconds: 1
     }
   );
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ export const secretScanningV2QueueServiceFactory = async ({
     },
     {
       batchSize: 1,
-      workerCount: 20,
+      workerCount: 2,
       pollingIntervalSeconds: 1
     }
   );
@@ -613,7 +613,7 @@ export const secretScanningV2QueueServiceFactory = async ({
     },
     {
       batchSize: 1,
-      workerCount: 5,
+      workerCount: 2,
       pollingIntervalSeconds: 1
     }
   );