diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
index 110d91bfbd822..1048ec784ec4e 100644
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/main/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPlugin.java
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ private static int allocatedProcessors(Settings settings) {
     }
 
     private static int urgentPoolCount(Settings settings) {
-        return boundedBy((allocatedProcessors(settings) + 7) / 8, 1, 2);
+        return boundedBy((allocatedProcessors(settings) + 1) / 2, 1, 2);
     }
 
     private static int priorityPoolCount(Settings settings) {
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPluginTests.java b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPluginTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9ac1564c807c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/src/test/java/org/opensearch/repositories/s3/S3RepositoryPluginTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ *
+ * The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+ * this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+ * compatible open source license.
+ */
+
+package org.opensearch.repositories.s3;
+
+import org.opensearch.common.settings.Settings;
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.SizeUnit;
+import org.opensearch.common.unit.SizeValue;
+import org.opensearch.common.util.concurrent.OpenSearchThreadPoolExecutor;
+import org.opensearch.test.OpenSearchTestCase;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ExecutorBuilder;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool;
+import org.opensearch.threadpool.ThreadPool.ThreadPoolType;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.notNullValue;
+
+public class S3RepositoryPluginTests extends OpenSearchTestCase {
+
+    private static final String URGENT_FUTURE_COMPLETION = "urgent_future_completion";
+
+    public void testGetExecutorBuilders() throws IOException {
+        final int processors = randomIntBetween(1, 64);
+        Settings settings = Settings.builder().put("node.name", "test").put("node.processors", processors).build();
+        Path configPath = createTempDir();
+        ThreadPool threadPool = null;
+        try (S3RepositoryPlugin plugin = new S3RepositoryPlugin(settings, configPath)) {
+            List<ExecutorBuilder<?>> executorBuilders = plugin.getExecutorBuilders(settings);
+            assertNotNull(executorBuilders);
+            assertFalse(executorBuilders.isEmpty());
+            threadPool = new ThreadPool(settings, executorBuilders.toArray(new ExecutorBuilder<?>[0]));
+            final Executor executor = threadPool.executor(URGENT_FUTURE_COMPLETION);
+            assertNotNull(executor);
+            assertThat(executor, instanceOf(OpenSearchThreadPoolExecutor.class));
+            final OpenSearchThreadPoolExecutor openSearchThreadPoolExecutor = (OpenSearchThreadPoolExecutor) executor;
+            final ThreadPool.Info info = threadPool.info(URGENT_FUTURE_COMPLETION);
+            int size = boundedBy((processors + 1) / 2, 1, 2);
+            assertThat(info.getName(), equalTo(URGENT_FUTURE_COMPLETION));
+            assertThat(info.getThreadPoolType(), equalTo(ThreadPoolType.FIXED));
+            assertThat(info.getQueueSize(), notNullValue());
+            assertThat(info.getQueueSize(), equalTo(new SizeValue(10, SizeUnit.KILO)));
+            assertThat(openSearchThreadPoolExecutor.getQueue().remainingCapacity(), equalTo(10_000));
+
+            assertThat(info.getMin(), equalTo(size));
+            assertThat(openSearchThreadPoolExecutor.getCorePoolSize(), equalTo(size));
+            assertThat(info.getMax(), equalTo(size));
+            assertThat(openSearchThreadPoolExecutor.getMaximumPoolSize(), equalTo(size));
+
+            final int availableProcessors = Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
+            if (processors > availableProcessors) {
+                assertWarnings(
+                    "setting [node.processors] to value ["
+                        + processors
+                        + "] which is more than available processors ["
+                        + availableProcessors
+                        + "] is deprecated"
+                );
+            }
+        } finally {
+            if (threadPool != null) {
+                terminate(threadPool);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int boundedBy(int value, int min, int max) {
+        return Math.min(max, Math.max(min, value));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
index d795fd252b7fc..e0b15e54f6e2e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
@@ -293,12 +293,7 @@ public ThreadPool(
         );
         builders.put(
             Names.REMOTE_STATE_READ,
-            new ScalingExecutorBuilder(
-                Names.REMOTE_STATE_READ,
-                1,
-                twiceAllocatedProcessors(allocatedProcessors),
-                TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(5)
-            )
+            new ScalingExecutorBuilder(Names.REMOTE_STATE_READ, 1, boundedBy(4 * allocatedProcessors, 4, 32), TimeValue.timeValueMinutes(5))
         );
         builders.put(
             Names.INDEX_SEARCHER,
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ScalingThreadPoolTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ScalingThreadPoolTests.java
index 4f59f9688fb7e..b4726bab50198 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ScalingThreadPoolTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/threadpool/ScalingThreadPoolTests.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ private int expectedSize(final String threadPoolName, final int numberOfProcesso
         sizes.put(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_PURGE, ThreadPool::halfAllocatedProcessors);
         sizes.put(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_REFRESH_RETRY, ThreadPool::halfAllocatedProcessors);
         sizes.put(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_RECOVERY, ThreadPool::twiceAllocatedProcessors);
-        sizes.put(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_STATE_READ, ThreadPool::twiceAllocatedProcessors);
+        sizes.put(ThreadPool.Names.REMOTE_STATE_READ, n -> ThreadPool.boundedBy(4 * n, 4, 32));
         return sizes.get(threadPoolName).apply(numberOfProcessors);
     }