diff --git a/tooling/db/ticket b/tooling/db/ticket
index 3c486a5f3..c136bb700 100755
--- a/tooling/db/ticket
+++ b/tooling/db/ticket
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, str(Path(__file__).resolve().parent))
 
 from common import get_connection, load_config  # noqa: E402
 
-WIP_LIMIT = 3
+WIP_LIMIT = 5
 
 
 def query(conn, sql, params=()):