diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
index 3be26b2f195..9687d2b7f60 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ public enum Property {
   GENERAL_OPENTELEMETRY_ENABLED("general.opentelemetry.enabled", "false", PropertyType.BOOLEAN,
       "Enables tracing functionality using OpenTelemetry (assuming OpenTelemetry is configured).",
       "2.1.0"),
-  GENERAL_THREADPOOL_SIZE("general.server.threadpool.size", "1", PropertyType.COUNT,
+  GENERAL_THREADPOOL_SIZE("general.server.threadpool.size", "3", PropertyType.COUNT,
       "The number of threads to use for server-internal scheduled tasks.", "2.1.0"),
   // If you update the default type, be sure to update the default used for initialization failures
   // in VolumeManagerImpl