diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 1f1830d2f50..6511daff8a6 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ manage-package-manager-versions=true
 ; https://pnpm.io/npmrc#modules-cache-max-age, 20160 is for two weeks in minutes
 modules-cache-max-age=20160
 ; https://pnpm.io/npmrc#child-concurrency, default 5
-; Changing to 16 to align with https://pnpm.io/npmrc#network-concurrency
-child-concurrency=16
+child-concurrency=8