diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-test/common.ts b/src/lib/snyk-test/common.ts
index 73dcf723cd..3116397e4f 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-test/common.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-test/common.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,28 @@ export type FailOn = 'all' | 'upgradable' | 'patchable';
 export const RETRY_ATTEMPTS = 3;
 export const RETRY_DELAY = 500;
 
+const DEFAULT_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = 10;
+const MIN_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = 1;
+const MAX_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = 50;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the maximum number of in-flight Snyk dependency-test or
+ * dependency-monitor HTTP requests permitted at once. Override with the
+ * SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY environment variable; values are clamped to
+ * [MIN_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY, MAX_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY].
+ */
+export function getRequestConcurrency(): number {
+  const raw = process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+  if (!raw) {
+    return DEFAULT_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+  }
+  const parsed = parseInt(raw, 10);
+  if (!Number.isFinite(parsed) || parsed < MIN_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY) {
+    return DEFAULT_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+  }
+  return Math.min(parsed, MAX_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY);
+}
+
 /**
  * printDepGraph writes the given dep-graph and target name to the destination
  * stream as expected by the `depgraph` CLI workflow.
diff --git a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
index 7be926b564..7210d73129 100644
--- a/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/snyk-test/run-test.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import { isCI } from '../is-ci';
 import {
   RETRY_ATTEMPTS,
   RETRY_DELAY,
+  getRequestConcurrency,
   printDepGraph,
   printEffectiveDepGraph,
   printEffectiveDepGraphError,
@@ -94,9 +95,6 @@ import { ProblemError } from '@snyk/error-catalog-nodejs-public';
 
 const debug = debugModule('snyk:run-test');
 
-// Controls the number of simultaneous test requests that can be in-flight.
-const MAX_CONCURRENCY = 5;
-
 function prepareResponseForParsing(
   payload: Payload,
   response: TestDependenciesResponse,
@@ -293,7 +291,7 @@ async function sendAndParseResults(
   };
 
   const responses = await pMap(payloads, sendRequest, {
-    concurrency: MAX_CONCURRENCY,
+    concurrency: getRequestConcurrency(),
   });
 
   for (const { payload, originalPayload, response } of responses) {
diff --git a/test/jest/unit/lib/snyk-test/common.spec.ts b/test/jest/unit/lib/snyk-test/common.spec.ts
index 5afe8cad37..4df25d4c4e 100644
--- a/test/jest/unit/lib/snyk-test/common.spec.ts
+++ b/test/jest/unit/lib/snyk-test/common.spec.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import { CLI, ProblemError } from '@snyk/error-catalog-nodejs-public';
 import { CustomError } from '../../../../../src/lib/errors';
 import { FailedProjectScanError } from '../../../../../src/lib/plugins/get-multi-plugin-result';
-import { getOrCreateErrorCatalogError } from '../../../../../src/lib/snyk-test/common';
+import {
+  getOrCreateErrorCatalogError,
+  getRequestConcurrency,
+} from '../../../../../src/lib/snyk-test/common';
 
 describe('getOrCreateErrorCatalogError', () => {
   const defaultErrMessage = 'Default error message';
@@ -116,3 +119,60 @@ describe('getOrCreateErrorCatalogError', () => {
     expect(result.detail).toBe(defaultErrMessage);
   });
 });
+
+describe('getRequestConcurrency', () => {
+  const originalValue = process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+
+  afterEach(() => {
+    if (originalValue === undefined) {
+      delete process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+    } else {
+      process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = originalValue;
+    }
+  });
+
+  it('returns the default of 10 when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is unset', () => {
+    delete process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY;
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the default of 10 when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is empty', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the parsed value when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is a valid integer', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '15';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(15);
+  });
+
+  it('clamps to the maximum of 50 when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY exceeds the cap', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '500';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(50);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the default when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is below the minimum', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '0';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the default when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is negative', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '-5';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it('returns the default when SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY is non-numeric', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = 'abc';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(10);
+  });
+
+  it('honors the minimum boundary', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '1';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('honors the maximum boundary', () => {
+    process.env.SNYK_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = '50';
+    expect(getRequestConcurrency()).toBe(50);
+  });
+});