diff --git a/vars/global.yml b/vars/global.yml
index 532170d0b9..ed6d0c6f0f 100644
--- a/vars/global.yml
+++ b/vars/global.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ fedora31_x86_64: Fedora-Cloud-Base-31-1.9.x86_64
 ssl_protocols: "+all -SSLv3 -TLSv1 -TLSv1.1"
 ssl_ciphers: "TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256:TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384:DHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES128-GCM-SHA256:kEDH+AESGCM:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA256:ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA384:ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA:DHE-DSS-AES128-SHA256:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA256:DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA:DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA:!aNULL:!eNULL:!EXPORT:!DES:!RC4:!3DES:!MD5:!PSK"
 
-httpd_maxrequestworkers: 512
+httpd_maxrequestworkers: 256
 
 # Set a default hostname base to transient. Override in host vars or command line.
 hostbase: transient