diff --git a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/export/DataFileScheduler.java b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/export/DataFileScheduler.java
index 097108324f..4ffb1df9ee 100644
--- a/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/export/DataFileScheduler.java
+++ b/data-prepper-plugins/dynamodb-source/src/main/java/org/opensearch/dataprepper/plugins/source/dynamodb/export/DataFileScheduler.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public class DataFileScheduler implements Runnable {
     /**
      * Maximum concurrent data loader per node
      */
-    private static final int MAX_JOB_COUNT = 3;
+    private static final int MAX_JOB_COUNT = 1;
 
     /**
      * Default interval to acquire a lease from coordination store