diff --git a/drivers/generate_stage3.R b/drivers/generate_stage3.R
index e4f588c379..9a8d277062 100644
--- a/drivers/generate_stage3.R
+++ b/drivers/generate_stage3.R
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ s3_stage3 <- gefs4cast::gefs_s3_dir(product = "stage3",
                                     endpoint = config$endpoint,
                                     bucket = driver_bucket)
 
-future::plan("future::multisession", workers = 8)
+future::plan("future::multisession", workers = 10)
 
 furrr::future_walk(dplyr::pull(site_list, site_id), function(curr_site_id){
 
diff --git a/drivers/update_stage3.R b/drivers/update_stage3.R
index 51a6e2ad69..0a8edbf971 100644
--- a/drivers/update_stage3.R
+++ b/drivers/update_stage3.R
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config <- yaml::read_yaml("challenge_configuration.yaml")
 driver_bucket <- stringr::word(config$driver_bucket, 1, sep = "/")
 driver_path <- stringr::word(config$driver_bucket, 2, -1, sep = "/")
 
-future::plan("future::multisession", workers = 8)
+future::plan("future::multisession", workers = 10)
 
 furrr::future_walk(dplyr::pull(site_list, site_id), function(curr_site_id){