diff --git a/changelog.d/20240229_171657_arbrandes_celery_concurrency.md b/changelog.d/20240229_171657_arbrandes_celery_concurrency.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48cae42098
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/20240229_171657_arbrandes_celery_concurrency.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- [Feature] Allow the user to configure Celery worker concurrency. (by @arbrandes)
diff --git a/docs/configuration.rst b/docs/configuration.rst
index d12620ee2f..4ce5515b3f 100644
--- a/docs/configuration.rst
+++ b/docs/configuration.rst
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ This defines the version that will be pulled from just the Open edX platform git
 
 By default, there are 2 `uwsgi worker processes <https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Options.html#processes>`__ to serve requests for the LMS and the CMS. However, each worker requires upwards of 500 Mb of RAM. You should reduce this value to 1 if your computer/server does not have enough memory.
 
+- ``OPENEDX_LMS_CELERY_WORKERS`` (default: ``"0"``)
+- ``OPENEDX_CMS_CELERY_WORKERS`` (default: ``"0"``)
+
+This sets the number of Celery workers at startup.  Defaults to the number of CPUs detected on the system (represented by "0").
+
 - ``OPENEDX_CELERY_REDIS_DB`` (default: ``0``)
 - ``OPENEDX_CACHE_REDIS_DB`` (default: ``1``)
 
diff --git a/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml b/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
index c5205859e9..1b315d5f1a 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/config/defaults.yml
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ OPENEDX_AWS_ACCESS_KEY: ""
 OPENEDX_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ""
 OPENEDX_CACHE_REDIS_DB: 1
 OPENEDX_CELERY_REDIS_DB: 0
+OPENEDX_CMS_CELERY_WORKERS: 0
 OPENEDX_CMS_UWSGI_WORKERS: 2
+OPENEDX_LMS_CELERY_WORKERS: 0
 OPENEDX_LMS_UWSGI_WORKERS: 2
 OPENEDX_MYSQL_DATABASE: "openedx"
 OPENEDX_MYSQL_USERNAME: "openedx"
diff --git a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
index a48740baf3..83ea627200 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/k8s/deployments.yml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: cms-worker
           image: {{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
-          args: ["celery", "--app=cms.celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h", "--max-tasks-per-child", "100", "--exclude-queues=edx.lms.core.default"]
+          args: ["celery", "--app=cms.celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h", "--concurrency={{ OPENEDX_CMS_CELERY_WORKERS }}", "--max-tasks-per-child", "100", "--exclude-queues=edx.lms.core.default"]
           env:
           - name: SERVICE_VARIANT
             value: cms
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: lms-worker
           image: {{ DOCKER_IMAGE_OPENEDX }}
-          args: ["celery", "--app=lms.celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.lms.core.default.%%h", "--max-tasks-per-child=100", "--exclude-queues=edx.cms.core.default"]
+          args: ["celery", "--app=lms.celery", "worker", "--loglevel=info", "--hostname=edx.lms.core.default.%%h", "--concurrency={{ OPENEDX_LMS_CELERY_WORKERS }}", "--max-tasks-per-child=100", "--exclude-queues=edx.cms.core.default"]
           env:
           - name: SERVICE_VARIANT
             value: lms
diff --git a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
index 5580cbae97..f6f758cdbb 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       SERVICE_VARIANT: lms
       DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: lms.envs.tutor.production
-    command: celery --app=lms.celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.lms.core.default.%%h --max-tasks-per-child=100 --exclude-queues=edx.cms.core.default
+    command: celery --app=lms.celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.lms.core.default.%%h --concurrency={{ OPENEDX_LMS_CELERY_WORKERS }} --max-tasks-per-child=100 --exclude-queues=edx.cms.core.default
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - ../apps/openedx/settings/lms:/openedx/edx-platform/lms/envs/tutor:ro
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ services:
     environment:
       SERVICE_VARIANT: cms
       DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: cms.envs.tutor.production
-    command: celery --app=cms.celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h --max-tasks-per-child 100 --exclude-queues=edx.lms.core.default
+    command: celery --app=cms.celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h --concurrency={{ OPENEDX_CMS_CELERY_WORKERS }} --max-tasks-per-child 100 --exclude-queues=edx.lms.core.default
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - ../apps/openedx/settings/lms:/openedx/edx-platform/lms/envs/tutor:ro