diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/raise-default-concurrency.md b/changelog/unreleased/raise-default-concurrency.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..54e207ddee6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/raise-default-concurrency.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Enhancement: raise default concurrency to 5
+
+We increased the default concurrency to get more work done concurrently.
+
+https://github.com/owncloud/ocis/pull/10595
diff --git a/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go b/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
index b4f02fcb661..7a88eea71b1 100644
--- a/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
+++ b/services/sharing/pkg/config/defaults/defaultconfig.go
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func DefaultConfig() *config.Config {
 			JSONCS3: config.UserSharingJSONCS3Driver{
 				ProviderAddr:   "com.owncloud.api.storage-system",
 				SystemUserIDP:  "internal",
-				MaxConcurrency: 1,
+				MaxConcurrency: 5,
 			},
 			OwnCloudSQL: config.UserSharingOwnCloudSQLDriver{
 				DBUsername: "owncloud",