diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 0a3b60d9..cd55cb51 100755
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ openwisp2_celery_optimization: default
 openwisp2_celery_network: true
 openwisp2_celery_network_concurrency: 1
 openwisp2_celery_network_autoscale: null
-openwisp2_celery_network_prefetch_multiplier: 1
+openwisp2_celery_network_prefetch_multiplier: 10
 openwisp2_celery_network_optimization: fair
 openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader: true
 openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_concurrency: 1
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ openwisp2_celery_firmware_upgrader_optimization: fair
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring: true
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring_concurrency: 2
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring_autoscale: null
-openwisp2_celery_monitoring_prefetch_multiplier: 1
+openwisp2_celery_monitoring_prefetch_multiplier: 10
 openwisp2_celery_monitoring_optimization: fair
 openwisp2_celery_task_routes_defaults: true
 openwisp2_celery_broker_url: redis://{{ openwisp2_redis_host }}:{{ openwisp2_redis_port }}/3