diff --git a/packages/google-cloud-compute/linkinator.config.json b/packages/google-cloud-compute/linkinator.config.json
index 29a223b6db6..0121dfa684f 100644
--- a/packages/google-cloud-compute/linkinator.config.json
+++ b/packages/google-cloud-compute/linkinator.config.json
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@
     "img.shields.io"
   ],
   "silent": true,
-  "concurrency": 10
+  "concurrency": 5
 }