diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
index 957b77bf93a75..01dc274ff0fc4 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -766,7 +766,7 @@ type CloudControllerManagerConfig struct {
 	CPURequest *resource.Quantity `json:"cpuRequest,omitempty"`
 	// NodeStatusUpdateFrequency is the duration between node status updates. (default: 5m)
 	NodeStatusUpdateFrequency *metav1.Duration `json:"nodeStatusUpdateFrequency,omitempty" flag:"node-status-update-frequency"`
-	// ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently synchronizing nodes. (default: 1)
+	// ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently synchronizing nodes. (default: 5)
 	ConcurrentNodeSyncs *int32 `json:"concurrentNodeSyncs,omitempty" flag:"concurrent-node-syncs"`
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/scenarios/scalability/run-test.sh b/tests/e2e/scenarios/scalability/run-test.sh
index 527cd2dc5bf47..4d8c0faae1a02 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/scenarios/scalability/run-test.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/scenarios/scalability/run-test.sh
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ fi
 create_args+=("--set spec.etcdClusters[0].manager.listenMetricsURLs=http://localhost:2382")
 create_args+=("--set spec.etcdClusters[*].manager.env=ETCD_QUOTA_BACKEND_BYTES=${ETCD_QUOTA_BACKEND_BYTES}")
 create_args+=("--set spec.etcdClusters[*].manager.env=ETCD_ENABLE_PPROF=true")
-create_args+=("--set spec.cloudControllerManager.concurrentNodeSyncs=10")
+create_args+=("--set spec.cloudControllerManager.concurrentNodeSyncs=5")
 create_args+=("--set spec.kubelet.maxPods=96")
 create_args+=("--set spec.kubeScheduler.authorizationAlwaysAllowPaths=/healthz")
 create_args+=("--set spec.kubeScheduler.authorizationAlwaysAllowPaths=/livez")