diff --git a/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2 b/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
index 516e775452c..d2c355d1c97 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/ecomworker/templates/edx/app/ecomworker/ecomworker.sh.j2
@@ -17,4 +17,4 @@ export NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY='{{ NEWRELIC_LICENSE_KEY }}'
 
 source {{ ecommerce_worker_home }}/{{ ecommerce_worker_service_name }}_env
 # We exec so that celery is the child of supervisor and can be managed properly
-exec {{ executable }} --app ecommerce_worker.celery_app:app worker -A ecommerce_worker --concurrency={{ ECOMMERCE_WORKER_CONCURRENCY }} --loglevel=info --hostname=ecomworker.%%h --queue=ecommerce.fulfillment,ecommerce.email_marketing
+exec {{ executable }} -A ecommerce_worker worker --app ecommerce_worker.celery_app:app --concurrency={{ ECOMMERCE_WORKER_CONCURRENCY }} --loglevel=info --hostname=ecomworker.%%h --queue=ecommerce.fulfillment,ecommerce.email_marketing
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/app-workers.conf.j2 b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/app-workers.conf.j2
index 437c590ac62..8be2cc06d74 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/app-workers.conf.j2
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edx_django_service/templates/edx/app/supervisor/conf.d.available/app-workers.conf.j2
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ directory={{ edx_django_service_code_dir }}
 stdout_logfile={{ supervisor_log_dir }}/%(program_name)s-stdout.log
 stderr_logfile={{ supervisor_log_dir }}/%(program_name)s-stderr.log
 
-command={{ edx_django_service_home }}/{{ edx_django_service_name }}-workers.sh --app {{ edx_django_service_name }}.celery:app worker -A {{ edx_django_service_name }} --loglevel=info --queue={{ w.queue }} --hostname={{ edx_django_service_name }}.{{ w.queue }}.%%h --concurrency=1 {{ '--max-tasks-per-child ' + w.max_tasks_per_child|string if w.max_tasks_per_child is defined else '' }} {{ '--without-heartbeat' if not edx_django_service_celery_heartbeat_enabled|bool else '' }}
+command={{ edx_django_service_home }}/{{ edx_django_service_name }}-workers.sh worker -A {{ edx_django_service_name }} --app {{ edx_django_service_name }}.celery:app --loglevel=info --queue={{ w.queue }} --hostname={{ edx_django_service_name }}.{{ w.queue }}.%%h --concurrency=1 {{ '--maxtasksperchild ' + w.max_tasks_per_child|string if w.max_tasks_per_child is defined else '' }} {{ '--without-heartbeat' if not edx_django_service_celery_heartbeat_enabled|bool else '' }}
 killasgroup=true
 stopwaitsecs={{ w.stopwaitsecs | default(edx_django_service_default_stopwaitsecs) }}
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ stderr_logfile={{ supervisor_log_dir }}/%(program_name)s-stderr.log
 {% set worker_app_name = 'course_discovery' %}
 {% endif %}
 
-command={{ edx_django_service_home }}/{{ edx_django_service_name }}-workers.sh --app {{ worker_app_name }}.celery:app worker -A {{ edx_django_service_name }} --loglevel=info --queue={{ w.queue }} --hostname={{ edx_django_service_name }}.{{ w.queue }}.%%h --concurrency={{ w.concurrency }} {{ '--max-tasks-per-child ' + w.max_tasks_per_child|string if w.max_tasks_per_child is defined else '' }} {{ '--without-heartbeat' if not edx_django_service_celery_heartbeat_enabled|bool else '' }}
+command={{ edx_django_service_home }}/{{ edx_django_service_name }}-workers.sh worker -A {{ edx_django_service_name }} --app {{ worker_app_name }}.celery:app --loglevel=info --queue={{ w.queue }} --hostname={{ edx_django_service_name }}.{{ w.queue }}.%%h --concurrency={{ w.concurrency }} {{ '--maxtasksperchild ' + w.max_tasks_per_child|string if w.max_tasks_per_child is defined else '' }} {{ '--without-heartbeat' if not edx_django_service_celery_heartbeat_enabled|bool else '' }}
 killasgroup=true
 stopwaitsecs={{ w.stopwaitsecs | default(edx_django_service_default_stopwaitsecs) }}