diff --git a/dht_options.go b/dht_options.go
index bd3523d67..d0beb23e0 100644
--- a/dht_options.go
+++ b/dht_options.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ var defaults = func(o *config) error {
 	o.maxRecordAge = time.Hour * 36
 
 	o.bucketSize = defaultBucketSize
-	o.concurrency = 3
+	o.concurrency = 10
 	o.resiliency = 3
 
 	o.v1CompatibleMode = true
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func BucketSize(bucketSize int) Option {
 
 // Concurrency configures the number of concurrent requests (alpha in the Kademlia paper) for a given query path.
 //
-// The default value is 3.
+// The default value is 10.
 func Concurrency(alpha int) Option {
 	return func(c *config) error {
 		c.concurrency = alpha
diff --git a/dht_test.go b/dht_test.go
index 2cd45929c..f8efa03a5 100644
--- a/dht_test.go
+++ b/dht_test.go
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
-	pb "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/pb"
 	test "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/internal/testing"
+	pb "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-kad-dht/pb"
 
 	"github.com/ipfs/go-cid"
 	u "github.com/ipfs/go-ipfs-util"