diff --git a/deploy/manifests/base/kong-ingress-dbless.yaml b/deploy/manifests/base/kong-ingress-dbless.yaml
index 8567777e73..be338874bf 100644
--- a/deploy/manifests/base/kong-ingress-dbless.yaml
+++ b/deploy/manifests/base/kong-ingress-dbless.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ spec:
           value: "off"
           # runtime tweaks
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
           # logging
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
diff --git a/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless-k4k8s-enterprise.yaml b/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless-k4k8s-enterprise.yaml
index 535465598c..6108e3855f 100644
--- a/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless-k4k8s-enterprise.yaml
+++ b/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless-k4k8s-enterprise.yaml
@@ -635,7 +635,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_DATABASE
           value: "off"
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG
diff --git a/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless.yaml b/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless.yaml
index deaf5b2253..315e12d661 100644
--- a/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless.yaml
+++ b/deploy/single/all-in-one-dbless.yaml
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_DATABASE
           value: "off"
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG
diff --git a/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres-enterprise.yaml b/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres-enterprise.yaml
index 6ac6883e16..6f68e1722e 100644
--- a/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres-enterprise.yaml
+++ b/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres-enterprise.yaml
@@ -693,7 +693,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_STATUS_LISTEN
           value: 0.0.0.0:8100
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG
diff --git a/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres.yaml b/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres.yaml
index 3cd6221d42..7705a52ec7 100644
--- a/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres.yaml
+++ b/deploy/single/all-in-one-postgres.yaml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_STATUS_LISTEN
           value: 0.0.0.0:8100
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
         - name: KONG_ADMIN_ERROR_LOG
diff --git a/hack/dev/dbless/base/kong.yaml b/hack/dev/dbless/base/kong.yaml
index a36f97eacf..a026377ac0 100644
--- a/hack/dev/dbless/base/kong.yaml
+++ b/hack/dev/dbless/base/kong.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ spec:
         - name: KONG_DATABASE
           value: "off"
         - name: KONG_NGINX_WORKER_PROCESSES
-          value: "1"
+          value: "2"
         - name: KONG_PROXY_ACCESS_LOG
           value: /dev/stdout
         - name: KONG_PROXY_ERROR_LOG