diff --git a/ocaml/idl/datamodel_pool.ml b/ocaml/idl/datamodel_pool.ml
index d9e69ccdb3..0e4ac9b907 100644
--- a/ocaml/idl/datamodel_pool.ml
+++ b/ocaml/idl/datamodel_pool.ml
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ let t =
             "coordinator_bias"
             "true if bias against pool master when scheduling vms is enabled, \
              false otherwise"
-        ; field ~qualifier:StaticRO ~ty:Int ~default_value:(Some (VInt 1L))
+        ; field ~qualifier:StaticRO ~ty:Int ~default_value:(Some (VInt 8L))
             ~lifecycle:[] "local_auth_max_threads"
             "Maximum number of threads to use for PAM authentication"
         ; field ~qualifier:StaticRO ~ty:Int ~default_value:(Some (VInt 1L))
diff --git a/ocaml/xapi/dbsync_master.ml b/ocaml/xapi/dbsync_master.ml
index 6cbec514c3..6afe417893 100644
--- a/ocaml/xapi/dbsync_master.ml
+++ b/ocaml/xapi/dbsync_master.ml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ let create_pool_record ~__context =
       ~telemetry_next_collection:Xapi_stdext_date.Date.epoch
       ~last_update_sync:Xapi_stdext_date.Date.epoch
       ~update_sync_frequency:`weekly ~update_sync_day:0L
-      ~update_sync_enabled:false ~local_auth_max_threads:1L
+      ~update_sync_enabled:false ~local_auth_max_threads:8L
       ~ext_auth_max_threads:1L
 
 let set_master_ip ~__context =