diff --git a/src/sentry/options/defaults.py b/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
index c7e04ad50031..63f3509f18e2 100644
--- a/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
+++ b/src/sentry/options/defaults.py
@@ -2614,9 +2614,11 @@
 )
 
 # Webhook processing controls
+# Most threads a skip-on-failure claim delivers on, bounded by the records it
+# claimed.
 register(
     "hybridcloud.webhookpayload.worker_threads",
-    default=4,
+    default=16,
     flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE,
 )
 # Remove the rows a claim-bounded drain finishes with — delivered, attempts