diff --git a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/beat_schedule.py b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/beat_schedule.py
index c2e1f163f33..6db15cd832e 100644
--- a/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/beat_schedule.py
+++ b/backend/onyx/background/celery/tasks/beat_schedule.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
 # hack to slow down task dispatch in the cloud until
 # we have a better implementation (backpressure, etc)
-CLOUD_BEAT_SCHEDULE_MULTIPLIER = 8
+CLOUD_BEAT_SCHEDULE_MULTIPLIER = 4
 
 # tasks that only run in the cloud
 # the name attribute must start with ONYX_CLOUD_CELERY_TASK_PREFIX = "cloud" to be filtered