diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/certifyVuln_test.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/certifyVuln_test.go
index c4398e8446..d493047a13 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/certifyVuln_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/certifyVuln_test.go
@@ -1023,9 +1023,6 @@ func (s *Suite) TestIngestCertifyVulns() {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ignoreID := cmp.FilterPath(func(p cmp.Path) bool {
-		return strings.Compare(".ID", p[len(p)-1].String()) == 0
-	}, cmp.Ignore())
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		s.Run(test.Name, func() {
@@ -1072,7 +1069,7 @@ func (s *Suite) TestIngestCertifyVulns() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpVuln, got, ignoreID); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpVuln, got, IngestPredicatesCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected results. (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/concurrently.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/concurrently.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..608f1d12d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/concurrently.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+//
+// Copyright 2023 The GUAC Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package backend
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os"
+	"strconv"
+
+	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/logging"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
+)
+
+var concurrent chan struct{}
+
+const MaxConcurrentBulkIngestionString string = "MAX_CONCURRENT_BULK_INGESTION"
+const defaultMaxConcurrentBulkIngestion int = 50
+
+func init() {
+	logger := logging.FromContext(context.Background())
+	size := defaultMaxConcurrentBulkIngestion
+	maxConcurrentBulkIngestionEnv, found := os.LookupEnv(MaxConcurrentBulkIngestionString)
+	if found {
+		maxConcurrentBulkIngestion, err := strconv.Atoi(maxConcurrentBulkIngestionEnv)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Warnf("failed to convert %v value %v to integer. Default value %v will be applied", MaxConcurrentBulkIngestionString, maxConcurrentBulkIngestionEnv, defaultMaxConcurrentBulkIngestion)
+			size = defaultMaxConcurrentBulkIngestion
+		} else {
+			size = maxConcurrentBulkIngestion
+		}
+	}
+	concurrent = make(chan struct{}, size)
+}
+
+func concurrently(eg *errgroup.Group, fn func() error) {
+	eg.Go(func() error {
+		concurrent <- struct{}{}
+		err := fn()
+		<-concurrent
+		return err
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency.go
index 27c5d0b871..a613a7587f 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency.go
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/dependency"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/graphql/model"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 func (b *EntBackend) IsDependency(ctx context.Context, spec *model.IsDependencySpec) ([]*model.IsDependency, error) {
@@ -74,13 +75,24 @@ func (b *EntBackend) IsDependency(ctx context.Context, spec *model.IsDependencyS
 func (b *EntBackend) IngestDependencies(ctx context.Context, pkgs []*model.PkgInputSpec, depPkgs []*model.PkgInputSpec, depPkgMatchType model.MatchFlags, dependencies []*model.IsDependencyInputSpec) ([]*model.IsDependency, error) {
 	// TODO: This looks like a good candidate for using BulkCreate()
 
-	var modelIsDependencies []*model.IsDependency
+	var modelIsDependencies = make([]*model.IsDependency, len(dependencies))
+	eg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
 	for i := range dependencies {
-		isDependency, err := b.IngestDependency(ctx, *pkgs[i], *depPkgs[i], depPkgMatchType, *dependencies[i])
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, Errorf("IngestDependency failed with err: %v", err)
-		}
-		modelIsDependencies = append(modelIsDependencies, isDependency)
+		index := i
+		pkg := *pkgs[index]
+		depPkg := *depPkgs[index]
+		dpmt := depPkgMatchType
+		dep := *dependencies[index]
+		concurrently(eg, func() error {
+			p, err := b.IngestDependency(ctx, pkg, depPkg, dpmt, dep)
+			if err == nil {
+				modelIsDependencies[index] = &model.IsDependency{ID: p.ID}
+			}
+			return err
+		})
+	}
+	if err := eg.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	return modelIsDependencies, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency_test.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency_test.go
index 232a60ecdf..f3b346e780 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/dependency_test.go
@@ -726,9 +726,6 @@ func (s *Suite) TestIngestDependencies() {
 			},
 		},
 	}
-	ignoreID := cmp.FilterPath(func(p cmp.Path) bool {
-		return strings.Compare(".ID", p[len(p)-1].String()) == 0
-	}, cmp.Ignore())
 	ctx := s.Ctx
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		s.Run(test.Name, func() {
@@ -760,7 +757,7 @@ func (s *Suite) TestIngestDependencies() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpID, got, ignoreID); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpID, got, IngestPredicatesCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected results. (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/helpers_test.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/helpers_test.go
index 34e4f1eb19..d2b74f6447 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/helpers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/helpers_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
+	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/graphql/model"
+	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/helpers"
 )
 
 func ptr[T any](s T) *T {
@@ -39,3 +42,25 @@ var ignoreEmptySlices = cmp.FilterValues(func(x, y interface{}) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }, cmp.Ignore())
+
+var IngestPredicatesCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	ignoreID,
+	cmpopts.EquateEmpty(),
+	cmpopts.SortSlices(isDependencyLess),
+	cmpopts.SortSlices(packageLess),
+	cmpopts.SortSlices(certifyVulnLess),
+}
+
+func isDependencyLess(e1, e2 *model.IsDependency) bool {
+	return packageLess(e1.Package, e2.Package)
+}
+
+func packageLess(e1, e2 *model.Package) bool {
+	purl1 := helpers.PkgToPurl(e1.Type, e1.Namespaces[0].Namespace, e1.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Name, e1.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Versions[0].Version, e1.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Versions[0].Subpath, nil)
+	purl2 := helpers.PkgToPurl(e2.Type, e2.Namespaces[0].Namespace, e2.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Name, e2.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Versions[0].Version, e2.Namespaces[0].Names[0].Versions[0].Subpath, nil)
+	return purl1 < purl2
+}
+
+func certifyVulnLess(e1, e2 *model.CertifyVuln) bool {
+	return packageLess(e1.Package, e2.Package)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package.go
index bdceb73f70..f80a60a620 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package.go
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/backends/helper"
 	"github.com/guacsec/guac/pkg/assembler/graphql/model"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
 func (b *EntBackend) Packages(ctx context.Context, pkgSpec *model.PkgSpec) ([]*model.Package, error) {
@@ -103,12 +104,20 @@ func (b *EntBackend) Packages(ctx context.Context, pkgSpec *model.PkgSpec) ([]*m
 func (b *EntBackend) IngestPackages(ctx context.Context, pkgs []*model.PkgInputSpec) ([]*model.Package, error) {
 	// FIXME: (ivanvanderbyl) This will be suboptimal because we can't batch insert relations with upserts. See Readme.
 	models := make([]*model.Package, len(pkgs))
-	for i, pkg := range pkgs {
-		p, err := b.IngestPackage(ctx, *pkg)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		models[i] = p
+	eg, ctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+	for i := range pkgs {
+		index := i
+		pkg := pkgs[index]
+		concurrently(eg, func() error {
+			p, err := b.IngestPackage(ctx, *pkg)
+			if err == nil {
+				models[index] = p
+			}
+			return err
+		})
+	}
+	if err := eg.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	return models, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package_test.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package_test.go
index 86d7494384..9ed49e8fb6 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/package_test.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ func (s *Suite) Test_IngestPackages() {
 				s.T().Errorf("demoClient.IngestPackages() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, ignoreID); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, IngestPredicatesCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				s.T().Errorf("Unexpected results. (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/pkgequal_test.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/pkgequal_test.go
index 6202d1ad61..9094243d7c 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/pkgequal_test.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/backend/pkgequal_test.go
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ func (s *Suite) TestIngestPkgEquals() {
 			if err != nil {
 				return
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpHE, got, ignoreID); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.ExpHE, got, IngestPredicatesCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected results. (-want +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/testutils/suite.go b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/testutils/suite.go
index 4b55d4b2f2..06348eecf9 100644
--- a/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/testutils/suite.go
+++ b/pkg/assembler/backends/ent/testutils/suite.go
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ func init() {
 	}
 
 	txdb.Register("txdb", "postgres", db)
+	err := os.Setenv("MAX_CONCURRENT_BULK_INGESTION", "1")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
 }
 
 type Suite struct {