diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
index e7014df967..9a4852df03 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/awsS3.ts
@@ -150,10 +150,8 @@ export class AwsS3Publish implements PublisherBase {
           Body: fileContent,
         };
 
-        // Rate limit the concurrent execution of file uploads to batches of 10
-        const uploadFile = limiter(async () =>
-          this.storageClient.putObject(params),
-        );
+        // Rate limit the concurrent execution of file uploads to batches of 10 (per publish)
+        const uploadFile = limiter(() => this.storageClient.putObject(params));
         uploadPromises.push(uploadFile);
       }
       await Promise.all(uploadPromises);
diff --git a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
index d8fe0b7d26..8a06a07cb0 100644
--- a/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
+++ b/packages/techdocs-common/src/stages/publish/googleStorage.ts
@@ -113,8 +113,8 @@ export class GoogleGCSPublish implements PublisherBase {
         const entityRootDir = `${entity.metadata.namespace}/${entity.kind}/${entity.metadata.name}`;
         const destination = `${entityRootDir}/${relativeFilePath}`; // GCS Bucket file relative path
 
-        // Rate limit the concurrent execution of file uploads to batches of 10
-        const uploadFile = limiter(async () =>
+        // Rate limit the concurrent execution of file uploads to batches of 10 (per publish)
+        const uploadFile = limiter(() =>
           this.storageClient
             .bucket(this.bucketName)
             .upload(filePath, { destination }),