diff --git a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2 b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
index 770049c288..65bfee828d 100644
--- a/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/koji_hub/templates/kojira.conf.j2
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ with_src=no
 ;delete_batch_size=1
 
 ; prevent kojira from flooding the build system with newRepo tasks
-max_repo_tasks=6
+max_repo_tasks=15
 
 ; Server certificate authority
 krb_rdns=false