diff --git a/validator/config.py b/validator/config.py
index 7c5a1f1f..1992a56d 100644
--- a/validator/config.py
+++ b/validator/config.py
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
 else:
     logger.warning("Not Updating Automatically!")
 
-VALIDATOR_MAX_CONCURRENT_EVALUATION_RUNS = 5
+VALIDATOR_MAX_CONCURRENT_EVALUATION_RUNS = 7
 SCREENER_DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_EVALUATION_RUNS = 30
 
 MAX_CONCURRENT_EVALUATION_RUNS = os.getenv("MAX_CONCURRENT_EVALUATION_RUNS")