diff --git a/client/jsonrpc/client.go b/client/jsonrpc/client.go
index 2ffc1f1..86d05cf 100644
--- a/client/jsonrpc/client.go
+++ b/client/jsonrpc/client.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/duneanalytics/blockchain-ingester/lib/hexutils"
 	"github.com/duneanalytics/blockchain-ingester/models"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp"
+	"github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2"
 )
 
 type BlockchainClient interface {
@@ -22,8 +23,9 @@ type BlockchainClient interface {
 }
 
 const (
-	MaxRetries            = 10
-	DefaultRequestTimeout = 30 * time.Second
+	MaxRetries               = 10
+	DefaultRequestTimeout    = 30 * time.Second
+	DefaultMaxRPCConcurrency = 50 // safe default
 )
 
 type rpcClient struct {
@@ -32,6 +34,7 @@ type rpcClient struct {
 	log         *slog.Logger
 	bufPool     *sync.Pool
 	httpHeaders map[string]string
+	wrkPool     *ants.Pool
 }
 
 func NewClient(logger *slog.Logger, cfg Config) (BlockchainClient, error) {
@@ -64,6 +67,14 @@ func newClient(log *slog.Logger, cfg Config) (*rpcClient, error) { // revive:dis
 	client.Backoff = retryablehttp.LinearJitterBackoff
 	client.HTTPClient.Timeout = DefaultRequestTimeout
 
+	if cfg.TotalRPCConcurrency == 0 {
+		cfg.TotalRPCConcurrency = DefaultMaxRPCConcurrency
+	}
+	wkrPool, err := ants.NewPool(cfg.TotalRPCConcurrency)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create worker pool: %w", err)
+	}
+
 	rpc := &rpcClient{
 		client: client,
 		cfg:    cfg,
@@ -74,9 +85,10 @@ func newClient(log *slog.Logger, cfg Config) (*rpcClient, error) { // revive:dis
 			},
 		},
 		httpHeaders: cfg.HTTPHeaders,
+		wrkPool:     wkrPool,
 	}
 	// Ensure RPC node is up & reachable
-	_, err := rpc.LatestBlockNumber()
+	_, err = rpc.LatestBlockNumber()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect to jsonrpc: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -147,5 +159,6 @@ func (c *rpcClient) getResponseBody(
 }
 
 func (c *rpcClient) Close() error {
+	c.wrkPool.Release()
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/client/jsonrpc/models.go b/client/jsonrpc/models.go
index df8f878..8517ea5 100644
--- a/client/jsonrpc/models.go
+++ b/client/jsonrpc/models.go
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	PollInterval time.Duration
 	HTTPHeaders  map[string]string
 	EVMStack     models.EVMStack
+	// rpcClient is used in parallel by the ingester to fetch blocks
+	// but it also has internal request concurrency on handling each block
+	// to avoid spawning too many http requests to the RPC node we set here an upper limit
+	TotalRPCConcurrency int
 }
diff --git a/client/jsonrpc/opstack.go b/client/jsonrpc/opstack.go
index 9f76655..399c395 100644
--- a/client/jsonrpc/opstack.go
+++ b/client/jsonrpc/opstack.go
@@ -57,17 +57,24 @@ func (c *OpStackClient) BlockByNumber(ctx context.Context, blockNumber int64) (m
 	for i, method := range methods {
 		results[i] = c.bufPool.Get().(*bytes.Buffer)
 		defer c.bufPool.Put(results[i])
+		results[i].Reset()
 
 		group.Go(func() error {
-			results[i].Reset()
-			err := c.getResponseBody(ctx, method, methodArgs[method], results[i])
-			if err != nil {
-				c.log.Error("Failed to get response for jsonRPC",
-					"method", method,
-					"error", err,
-				)
-			}
-			return err
+			errCh := make(chan error, 1)
+			c.wrkPool.Submit(func() {
+				defer close(errCh)
+				err := c.getResponseBody(ctx, method, methodArgs[method], results[i])
+				if err != nil {
+					c.log.Error("Failed to get response for jsonRPC",
+						"method", method,
+						"error", err,
+					)
+					errCh <- err
+				} else {
+					errCh <- nil
+				}
+			})
+			return <-errCh
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 88a20db..e56a899 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ func main() {
 		URL:         cfg.RPCNode.NodeURL,
 		HTTPHeaders: rpcHTTPHeaders,
 		EVMStack:    cfg.RPCStack,
+		// real max request concurrency to RPP node
+		// each block requires multiple RPC requests
+		TotalRPCConcurrency: cfg.BlockConcurrency * 4,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		stdlog.Fatal(err)
@@ -129,8 +132,8 @@ func main() {
 		duneClient,
 		duneClientDLQ,
 		ingester.Config{
-			MaxConcurrentRequests:    cfg.RPCConcurrency,
-			MaxConcurrentRequestsDLQ: cfg.DLQConcurrency,
+			MaxConcurrentRequests:    cfg.BlockConcurrency,
+			MaxConcurrentRequestsDLQ: cfg.DLQBlockConcurrency,
 			ReportProgressInterval:   cfg.ReportProgressInterval,
 			PollInterval:             cfg.PollInterval,
 			PollDLQInterval:          cfg.PollDLQInterval,
diff --git a/config/config.go b/config/config.go
index 94d2f9d..e571867 100644
--- a/config/config.go
+++ b/config/config.go
@@ -53,11 +53,12 @@ type Config struct {
 	DLQRetryInterval       time.Duration `long:"dlq-retry-interval" env:"DLQ_RETRY_INTERVAL" description:"Interval for linear backoff in DLQ " default:"1m"`      // nolint:lll
 	ReportProgressInterval time.Duration `long:"report-progress-interval" env:"REPORT_PROGRESS_INTERVAL" description:"Interval to report progress" default:"30s"` // nolint:lll
 	RPCNode                RPCClient
-	RPCStack               models.EVMStack `long:"rpc-stack" env:"RPC_STACK" description:"Stack for the RPC client" default:"opstack"`                                                 // nolint:lll
-	RPCConcurrency         int             `long:"rpc-concurrency" env:"RPC_CONCURRENCY" description:"Number of concurrent requests to the RPC node" default:"25"`                     // nolint:lll
-	DLQConcurrency         int             `long:"dlq-concurrency" env:"DLQ_CONCURRENCY" description:"Number of concurrent requests to the RPC node for DLQ processing" default:"2"`   // nolint:lll
-	BlockSubmitInterval    time.Duration   `long:"block-submit-interval" env:"BLOCK_SUBMIT_INTERVAL" description:"Interval at which to submit batched blocks to Dune" default:"500ms"` // nolint:lll
-	LogLevel               string          `long:"log" env:"LOG" description:"Log level" choice:"info" choice:"debug" choice:"warn" choice:"error" default:"info"`                     // nolint:lll
+	RPCStack               models.EVMStack `long:"rpc-stack" env:"RPC_STACK" description:"Stack for the RPC client" default:"opstack"` // nolint:lll
+	// kept the old cmdline arg names and env variables for backwards compatibility
+	BlockConcurrency    int           `long:"rpc-concurrency" env:"RPC_CONCURRENCY" description:"Number of concurrent block requests to the RPC node" default:"25"`                   // nolint:lll
+	DLQBlockConcurrency int           `long:"dlq-concurrency" env:"DLQ_CONCURRENCY" description:"Number of concurrent block requests to the RPC node for DLQ processing" default:"2"` // nolint:lll
+	BlockSubmitInterval time.Duration `long:"block-submit-interval" env:"BLOCK_SUBMIT_INTERVAL" description:"Interval at which to submit batched blocks to Dune" default:"500ms"`     // nolint:lll
+	LogLevel            string        `long:"log" env:"LOG" description:"Log level" choice:"info" choice:"debug" choice:"warn" choice:"error" default:"info"`                         // nolint:lll
 }
 
 func (c Config) HasError() error {
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 26973a4..c1078f6 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-retryablehttp v0.7.7
 	github.com/jessevdk/go-flags v1.5.0
 	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.8
+	github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.10.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1835ce7..246f676 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/emirpasic/gods v1.18.1 h1:FXtiHYKDGKCW2KzwZKx0iC0PQmdlorYgdFG9jPXJ1Bc=
@@ -20,10 +21,19 @@ github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxec
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWEY=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
+github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.10.0 h1:zhRg1pQUtkyRiOFo2Sbqwjp0GfBNo9cUY2/Grpx1p+8=
+github.com/panjf2000/ants/v2 v2.10.0/go.mod h1:7ZxyxsqE4vvW0M7LSD8aI3cKwgFhBHbxnlN8mDqHa1I=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.5.0/go.mod h1:Yh+to48EsGEfYuaHDzXPcE3xhTkx73EhmCGUpEOglKo=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.2/go.mod h1:w2LPCIKwWwSfY2zedu0+kehJoqGctiVI29o6fzry7u4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0 h1:HtqpIVDClZ4nwg75+f6Lvsy/wHu+3BoSGCbBAcpTsTg=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:r2ic/lqez/lEtzL7wO/rwa5dbSLXVDPFyf8C91i36aY=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.3.0/go.mod h1:FU7BRWz2tNW+3quACPkgCx/L+uEAv1htQ0V83Z9Rj+Y=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0 h1:YsImfSBoP9QPYL0xyKJPq0gcaJdG3rInoqxTWbfQu9M=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.7.0/go.mod h1:Czt+wKu1gCyEFDUtn0jG5QVvpJ6rzVqr5aXyt9drQfk=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20210320140829-1e4c9ba3b0c4/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
@@ -31,5 +41,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0 h1:Od9JTbYCk261bKm4M/mw7AklTlFYIa0bIp9BgSm1S8Y=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.20.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=