diff --git a/pkg/storage/tsdb/bucketindex/updater.go b/pkg/storage/tsdb/bucketindex/updater.go
index 79158f98d8e..26e929dd62f 100644
--- a/pkg/storage/tsdb/bucketindex/updater.go
+++ b/pkg/storage/tsdb/bucketindex/updater.go
@@ -10,10 +10,12 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"io"
 	"path"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-kit/log"
 	"github.com/go-kit/log/level"
+	"github.com/grafana/dskit/concurrency"
 	"github.com/grafana/dskit/runutil"
 	"github.com/oklog/ulid"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -116,23 +118,38 @@ func (w *Updater) updateBlocks(ctx context.Context, old []*Block) (blocks []*Blo
 	// Remaining blocks are new ones and we have to fetch the meta.json for each of them, in order
 	// to find out if their upload has been completed (meta.json is uploaded last) and get the block
 	// information to store in the bucket index.
+	// Process concurrently, but limit the number of concurrent requests.
+	discoveredSlice := make([]ulid.ULID, 0, len(discovered))
 	for id := range discovered {
+		discoveredSlice = append(discoveredSlice, id)
+	}
+	assignMu := sync.Mutex{}
+	err = concurrency.ForEachJob(ctx, len(discovered), 4, func(ctx context.Context, idx int) error {
+		id := discoveredSlice[idx]
 		b, err := w.updateBlockIndexEntry(ctx, id)
+
+		// Processing is done, the rest can be done sequentially.
+		assignMu.Lock()
+		defer assignMu.Unlock()
+
 		if err == nil {
 			blocks = append(blocks, b)
-			continue
+			return nil
 		}
 
 		if errors.Is(err, ErrBlockMetaNotFound) {
 			partials[id] = err
 			level.Warn(w.logger).Log("msg", "skipped partial block when updating bucket index", "block", id.String())
-			continue
+			return nil
 		}
 		if errors.Is(err, ErrBlockMetaCorrupted) {
 			partials[id] = err
 			level.Error(w.logger).Log("msg", "skipped block with corrupted meta.json when updating bucket index", "block", id.String(), "err", err)
-			continue
+			return nil
 		}
+		return err
+	})
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, err
 	}
 	level.Info(w.logger).Log("msg", "fetched blocks metas for newly discovered blocks", "total_blocks", len(blocks), "partial_errors", len(partials))