diff --git a/worker/instances/loaders-git.staging.values.yaml b/worker/instances/loaders-git.staging.values.yaml
index a0f8187..c9adf60 100644
--- a/worker/instances/loaders-git.staging.values.yaml
+++ b/worker/instances/loaders-git.staging.values.yaml
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # Default values for worker.
 # This is a YAML-formatted file.
 # Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
 
 amqp:
   host: scheduler0.internal.staging.swh.network
   queue_threshold: 5  # spawn worker per increment of `value` messages
   queues:
     - swh.loader.git.tasks.UpdateGitRepository
     - swh.loader.git.tasks.LoadDiskGitRepository
     - swh.loader.git.tasks.UncompressAndLoadDiskGitRepository
 
 storage:
   host: storage1.internal.staging.swh.network
 
 loader:
   name: loaders
   type: git
 
 swh:
   loader:
     replicas:
       min: 1
-      max: 10
+      max: 3
 
 sentry:
   swhpackage: swh.loader.git