diff --git a/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf b/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf
index 61881e55..e3fd45b6 100644
--- a/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf
+++ b/charms/neutron-k8s/src/templates/neutron.conf
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ debug = True
 
 router_distributed = False
 
+api_workers = 4
 rpc_workers = 4
 
 l3_ha = False