diff --git a/cli/src/cmd/flags/flags.go b/cli/src/cmd/flags/flags.go
index 1954f9c..ae949f9 100644
--- a/cli/src/cmd/flags/flags.go
+++ b/cli/src/cmd/flags/flags.go
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ func setCommonActionFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.StringSliceVar(&state.EnvFiles, "env-file", nil, "env file")
 	flags.StringVar(&state.ConfigFile, "config", "", "config file (default is $WORKING_DIR/config.yaml)")
 	flags.StringSliceP("env-var", "e", nil, "Env var(s) to set or overwrite")
+	flags.StringP("concurrency", "", "", "The concurrency level to use for executing actions on packages (default 5)")
 }
diff --git a/cli/src/core/parse/command.go b/cli/src/core/parse/command.go
index 3887685..6e49364 100644
--- a/cli/src/core/parse/command.go
+++ b/cli/src/core/parse/command.go
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ func GetInstantCommand(packageSpec core.PackageSpec) []string {
 		instantCommand = append(instantCommand, "--only")
 	}
 
+	if packageSpec.Concurrency != "" {
+		instantCommand = append(instantCommand, "--concurrency", packageSpec.Concurrency)
+	}
+
 	instantCommand = append(instantCommand, packageSpec.Packages...)
 
 	for _, customPackage := range packageSpec.CustomPackages {
diff --git a/cli/src/core/parse/packageSpec.go b/cli/src/core/parse/packageSpec.go
index 1680095..9efdaa3 100644
--- a/cli/src/core/parse/packageSpec.go
+++ b/cli/src/core/parse/packageSpec.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func getPackageSpecFromParams(cmd *cobra.Command, config *core.Config) (*core.Pa
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "")
 	}
+	concurrency, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("concurrency")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "")
+	}
 
 	var envVariables []string
 	if cmd.Flags().Changed("env-file") {
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ func getPackageSpecFromParams(cmd *cobra.Command, config *core.Config) (*core.Pa
 		IsDev:                isDev,
 		IsOnly:               isOnly,
 		DeployCommand:        cmd.Use,
+		Concurrency:          concurrency,
 	}
 
 	return &packageSpec, nil
diff --git a/cli/src/core/types.go b/cli/src/core/types.go
index 3a6b6f5..08430b5 100644
--- a/cli/src/core/types.go
+++ b/cli/src/core/types.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ type PackageSpec struct {
 	CustomPackages       []CustomPackage
 	ImageVersion         string
 	TargetLauncher       string
+	Concurrency          string
 }
 
 type GeneratePackageSpec struct {