diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
index 30bd67f41af..00ac64ea3e4 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/agent/manager/AgentManagerImpl.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public class AgentManagerImpl implements AgentManager, HandlerFactory, ResourceS
         _monitor = new AgentMonitor(_nodeId, _hostDao, _vmDao, _dcDao, _podDao, this, _alertMgr, _pingTimeout);
         registerForHostEvents(_monitor, true, true, false);
 
-        _executor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(10, 100, 60l, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), new NamedThreadFactory("AgentTaskPool"));
+        _executor = new ThreadPoolExecutor(16, 100, 60l, TimeUnit.SECONDS, new LinkedBlockingQueue<Runnable>(), new NamedThreadFactory("AgentTaskPool"));
 
         _connection = new NioServer("AgentManager", _port, workers + 10, this);