diff --git a/y/contracts.py b/y/contracts.py
index 8fcc5fab5..cb2637320 100644
--- a/y/contracts.py
+++ b/y/contracts.py
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ async def proxy_implementation(
 
 _get_deployment_from_db = a_sync.SmartProcessingQueue(
     lambda address: ENVS.CONTRACT_THREADS.run(_get_deployment, address),
-    num_workers=8,
+    num_workers=64,
 )