diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
index fe443adf5..428c1b819 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfig.java
@@ -576,6 +576,19 @@ public final class RegistryConfig {
       return config.beam.highPerformanceMachineType;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns initial number of workers used for a Beam pipeline. Autoscaling can still in effect.
+     *
+     * @see <a
+     *     href=https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/deploying-a-pipeline#horizontal-autoscaling>
+     *     Horizontal Autoscaling </a>
+     */
+    @Provides
+    @Config("initialWorkerCount")
+    public static int provideInitialWorkerCount(RegistryConfigSettings config) {
+      return config.beam.initialWorkerCount;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the default job region to run Apache Beam (Cloud Dataflow) jobs in.
      *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
index bf706f06e..098250707 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/RegistryConfigSettings.java
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public class RegistryConfigSettings {
   public static class Beam {
     public String defaultJobRegion;
     public String highPerformanceMachineType;
+    public int initialWorkerCount;
     public String stagingBucketUrl;
   }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
index a28f4ed94..ae1bcde03 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/config/files/default-config.yaml
@@ -442,6 +442,11 @@ beam:
   # core count per machine may be preferable in order to preserve IP addresses.
   # See: https://cloud.google.com/compute/quotas#cpu_quota
   highPerformanceMachineType: n2-standard-4
+  # The initial number of workers requested. This can help speed up the pipeline
+  # which otherwise would take some time to spin up the necessary number of
+  # works. Autoscaling is still in effect to reduce the number of workers if
+  # not in use.
+  initialWorkerCount: 24
   stagingBucketUrl: gcs-bucket-with-staged-templates
 
 keyring:
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingAction.java b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingAction.java
index c82466737..db965f58d 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingAction.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/google/registry/rde/RdeStagingAction.java
@@ -261,6 +261,10 @@ public final class RdeStagingAction implements Runnable {
   @Config("highPerformanceMachineType")
   String machineType;
 
+  @Inject
+  @Config("initialWorkerCount")
+  int numWorkers;
+
   @Inject @Config("transactionCooldown") Duration transactionCooldown;
   @Inject @Config("beamStagingBucketUrl") String stagingBucketUrl;
   @Inject @Config("rdeBucket") String rdeBucket;
@@ -341,6 +345,7 @@ public final class RdeStagingAction implements Runnable {
                                           .encode(stagingKeyBytes))
                                   .put("registryEnvironment", RegistryEnvironment.get().name())
                                   .put("workerMachineType", machineType)
+                                  .put("numWorkers", String.valueOf(numWorkers))
                                   .put(
                                       "jpaTransactionManagerType",
                                       JpaTransactionManagerType.READ_ONLY_REPLICA.toString())
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json b/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json
index 410ff5e7d..eff49d887 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json
@@ -49,22 +49,6 @@
       "regexes": [
         "[A-Za-z0-9\\-_]+"
       ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "workerMachineType",
-      "label": "The GCE machine type for the dataflow job workers.",
-      "helpText": "See https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/quotas#compute-engine-quotas for available machine types.",
-      "regexes": [
-        "[a-z0-9\\-]+"
-      ]
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "usePublicIps",
-      "label": "Whether the GCE workers are assigned public IPs",
-      "helpText": "Public IPs have an associated cost and there's a quota per region on the total number of public IPs assigned at a given time. If the service only needs to access GCP APIs, it's better to not use public IP, but one needs to configure the network accordingly. See https://cloud.google.com/dataflow/docs/guides/routes-firewall.",
-      "regexes": [
-        "true|false"
-      ]
     }
   ]
 }