diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
index 4753b16fa..573e9e33f 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/templates/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -137,6 +137,12 @@ spec:
             {{- if hasKey .Values.controller "leaderElectionLeaseDuration" }}
             - --leader-election-lease-duration={{ .Values.controller.leaderElectionLeaseDuration }}
             {{- end }}
+            {{- if hasKey .Values.controller "workerThreads" }}
+            - --worker-threads={{ .Values.controller.workerThreads }}
+            {{- end }}
+            {{- if hasKey .Values.controller "timeout" }}
+            - --timeout={{ .Values.controller.timeout }}
+            {{- end }}
             {{- range .Values.sidecars.csiProvisioner.additionalArgs }}
             - {{ . }}
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
index 89c637a67..d2abbf35f 100644
--- a/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/aws-efs-csi-driver/values.yaml
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ controller:
     privileged: true
   leaderElectionRenewDeadline: 10s
   leaderElectionLeaseDuration: 15s
+  # Timeout for Create/DeleteVolume calls to Controller. We recommend increasing for high concurrency workloads
+  timeout: 15s
+  # Number of concurrent threads controller will handle at once.
+  workerThreads: 100 
   # TSCs without the label selector stanza
   #
   # Example:
diff --git a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
index dd4518e1f..aba50dc25 100644
--- a/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/deploy/kubernetes/base/controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ spec:
             - --feature-gates=Topology=true
             - --extra-create-metadata
             - --leader-election
+            - --worker-threads=100
+            - --timeout=15s
           env:
             - name: ADDRESS
               value: /var/lib/csi/sockets/pluginproxy/csi.sock
diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index 9307c35c9..79e0d5239 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -420,6 +420,15 @@ Before following the examples, you need to:
 * [Mount subpath](../examples/kubernetes/volume_path/README.md)
 * [Use Access Points](../examples/kubernetes/access_points/README.md)
 
+## Resource limits
+The controller container has different memory / CPU requirements based on the workload scale, concurrency, and configurations. When configuring your controller with `delete-access-point-root-dir=true`, we recommend setting higher resource limits if your workload requires many concurrent volume deletions. For example, for a workload that requires 100 concurrent PVC deletions, we recommend setting a minimum CPU limit of 3000m and a minimum memory limit of 2.5 GiB. 
+
+Alternatively, if you would prefer not to allocate these resources to your controller container, we advise lowering concurrency by lowering the `--worker-threads` argument of the [external-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner).
+
+## Timeouts
+For most highly concurrent workloads, we recommend increasing the default timeout argument set in the [external-provisioner](https://github.com/kubernetes-csi/external-provisioner) from 15 seconds to 60 seconds. This will avoid provisioning failures due to throttling and resource contention in the controller container. 
+
+
 ## Using botocore to retrieve mount target ip address when dns name cannot be resolved
 * Amazon EFS CSI driver supports using botocore to retrieve mount target ip address when dns name cannot be resolved, e.g., when user is mounting a file system in another VPC, botocore comes preinstalled on efs-csi-driver which can solve this DNS issue.
 * IAM policy prerequisites to use this feature :