diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
index c6d7ba9..29061ec 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1/cluster_state_1.1.regexadm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
     "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
+    "cloud.requests.max.http.connections" : 1000,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
     "cloud.storage.bucket" : "",
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
index 562e195..f2ea15b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_full/cluster_state_1_full.1.regexadm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
     "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
+    "cloud.requests.max.http.connections" : 1000,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
     "cloud.storage.bucket" : "",
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
index 132fa5b..685d28b 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/test/resources/runtimets/results/api/cluster_state_1_less/cluster_state_1_less.1.regexadm
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
     "cloud.max.read.requests.per.second" : 1500,
     "cloud.max.write.requests.per.second" : 250,
     "cloud.profiler.log.interval" : 5,
+    "cloud.requests.max.http.connections" : 1000,
     "cloud.storage.allocation.percentage" : 0.8,
     "cloud.storage.anonymous.auth" : false,
     "cloud.storage.bucket" : "",
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
index 6f952b0..419ac4d 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/pom.xml
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@
             <artifactId>aws-crt</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
index 0b9b15c..20727de 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3ClientConfig.java
@@ -41,15 +41,16 @@
     private final long tokenAcquireTimeout;
     private final int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
     private final int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+    private final int requestsMaxHttpConnections;
 
     public S3ClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
             long profilerLogInterval, int writeBufferSize) {
-        this(region, endpoint, prefix, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval, writeBufferSize, 1, 0, 0);
+        this(region, endpoint, prefix, anonymousAuth, profilerLogInterval, writeBufferSize, 1, 0, 0, 0);
     }
 
     private S3ClientConfig(String region, String endpoint, String prefix, boolean anonymousAuth,
             long profilerLogInterval, int writeBufferSize, long tokenAcquireTimeout, int writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds,
-            int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds) {
+            int readMaxRequestsPerSeconds, int requestsMaxHttpConnections) {
         this.region = Objects.requireNonNull(region, "region");
         this.endpoint = endpoint;
         this.prefix = Objects.requireNonNull(prefix, "prefix");
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
         this.tokenAcquireTimeout = tokenAcquireTimeout;
         this.writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds = writeMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
         this.readMaxRequestsPerSeconds = readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
+        this.requestsMaxHttpConnections = requestsMaxHttpConnections;
     }
 
     public static S3ClientConfig of(CloudProperties cloudProperties) {
@@ -66,7 +68,7 @@
                 cloudProperties.getStoragePrefix(), cloudProperties.isStorageAnonymousAuth(),
                 cloudProperties.getProfilerLogInterval(), cloudProperties.getWriteBufferSize(),
                 cloudProperties.getTokenAcquireTimeout(), cloudProperties.getWriteMaxRequestsPerSecond(),
-                cloudProperties.getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond());
+                cloudProperties.getReadMaxRequestsPerSecond(), cloudProperties.getRequestsMaxHttpConnections());
     }
 
     public static S3ClientConfig of(Map<String, String> configuration, int writeBufferSize) {
@@ -124,6 +126,10 @@
         return readMaxRequestsPerSeconds;
     }
 
+    public int getRequestsMaxHttpConnections() {
+        return requestsMaxHttpConnections;
+    }
+
     private boolean isS3Mock() {
         return endpoint != null && !endpoint.isEmpty();
     }
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
index 224ede4..01a8b02 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-cloud/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/cloud/clients/aws/s3/S3CloudClient.java
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.ResponseInputStream;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.core.sync.RequestBody;
+import software.amazon.awssdk.http.apache.ApacheHttpClient;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.regions.Region;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3Client;
 import software.amazon.awssdk.services.s3.S3ClientBuilder;
@@ -325,6 +326,10 @@
         S3ClientBuilder builder = S3Client.builder();
         builder.credentialsProvider(config.createCredentialsProvider());
         builder.region(Region.of(config.getRegion()));
+        if (config.getRequestsMaxHttpConnections() > 0) {
+            builder.httpClientBuilder(
+                    ApacheHttpClient.builder().maxConnections(config.getRequestsMaxHttpConnections()));
+        }
         if (config.getEndpoint() != null && !config.getEndpoint().isEmpty()) {
             URI uri;
             try {
diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
index 7b6fb6e..1e3fe75 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-common/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/common/config/CloudProperties.java
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@
         CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE(
                 getRangedIntegerType(5, Integer.MAX_VALUE),
                 StorageUtil.getIntSizeInBytes(8, StorageUtil.StorageUnit.MEGABYTE)),
-        CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 50);
+        CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 50),
+        CLOUD_REQUESTS_MAX_HTTP_CONNECTIONS(POSITIVE_INTEGER, 1000);
 
         private final IOptionType interpreter;
         private final Object defaultValue;
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@
                 case CLOUD_MAX_READ_REQUESTS_PER_SECOND:
                 case CLOUD_WRITE_BUFFER_SIZE:
                 case CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD:
+                case CLOUD_REQUESTS_MAX_HTTP_CONNECTIONS:
                     return Section.COMMON;
                 default:
                     return Section.NC;
@@ -163,6 +165,8 @@
                     return "The write buffer size in bytes. (default: 8MB, min: 5MB)";
                 case CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD:
                     return "The number of cloud reads for re-evaluating an eviction plan. (default: 50)";
+                case CLOUD_REQUESTS_MAX_HTTP_CONNECTIONS:
+                    return "The maximum number of HTTP connections to use for cloud requests per node. (default: 1000)";
                 default:
                     throw new IllegalStateException("NYI: " + this);
             }
@@ -258,4 +262,8 @@
     public int getEvictionPlanReevaluationThreshold() {
         return accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_EVICTION_PLAN_REEVALUATE_THRESHOLD);
     }
+
+    public int getRequestsMaxHttpConnections() {
+        return accessor.getInt(Option.CLOUD_REQUESTS_MAX_HTTP_CONNECTIONS);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/asterixdb/pom.xml b/asterixdb/pom.xml
index e90283d..35f9219 100644
--- a/asterixdb/pom.xml
+++ b/asterixdb/pom.xml
@@ -1635,6 +1635,11 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
+        <artifactId>apache-client</artifactId>
+        <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>http-client-spi</artifactId>
         <version>${awsjavasdk.version}</version>
       </dependency>