diff --git a/lib/ansible/constants.py b/lib/ansible/constants.py
index eab035f6e5..becf008365 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/constants.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/constants.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DEFAULT_HOST_LIST      = '/etc/ansible/hosts'
 DEFAULT_MODULE_PATH    = '/usr/share/ansible'
 DEFAULT_MODULE_NAME    = 'command'
 DEFAULT_PATTERN        = None
-DEFAULT_FORKS          = 3
+DEFAULT_FORKS          = 5
 DEFAULT_MODULE_ARGS    = ''
 DEFAULT_TIMEOUT        = 10
 DEFAULT_REMOTE_USER    = 'root'