diff --git a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/Rlpx/RlpxHost.cs b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/Rlpx/RlpxHost.cs
index 7e9305057df..32bafe6001a 100644
--- a/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/Rlpx/RlpxHost.cs
+++ b/src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Network/Rlpx/RlpxHost.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 using Nethermind.Network.P2P.EventArg;
 using Nethermind.Network.Rlpx.Handshake;
 using Nethermind.Stats.Model;
-using ILogger = Nethermind.Logging.InterfaceLogger;
 using LogLevel = DotNetty.Handlers.Logging.LogLevel;
 
 namespace Nethermind.Network.Rlpx
@@ -105,8 +104,13 @@ public async Task Init()
 
             try
             {
-                _bossGroup = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup();
-                _workerGroup = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup();
+                // Default is LogicalCoreCount * 2
+                // - so with two groups and 32 logical cores, we would have 128 threads
+                // Max at 8 threads per group for 16 threads total
+                // Min of 2 threads per group for 4 threads total
+                var threads = Math.Clamp(Environment.ProcessorCount / 2, min: 2, max: 8);
+                _bossGroup = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(threads);
+                _workerGroup = new MultithreadEventLoopGroup(threads);
 
                 ServerBootstrap bootstrap = new();
                 bootstrap