diff --git a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
index 9275741cd2..aec4ef2488 100644
--- a/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
+++ b/k8s/crds/kops.k8s.io_clusters.yaml
@@ -598,6 +598,11 @@ spec:
                   clusterName:
                     description: ClusterName is the instance prefix for the cluster.
                     type: string
+                  concurrentNodeSyncs:
+                    description: 'ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently
+                      synchronizing nodes. (default: 1)'
+                    format: int32
+                    type: integer
                   configureCloudRoutes:
                     description: ConfigureCloudRoutes enables CIDRs allocated with
                       to be configured on the cloud provider.
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
index 314c894b1c..7b828a0d14 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/componentconfig.go
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ type CloudControllerManagerConfig struct {
 	CPURequest *resource.Quantity `json:"cpuRequest,omitempty"`
 	// NodeStatusUpdateFrequency is the duration between node status updates. (default: 5m)
 	NodeStatusUpdateFrequency *metav1.Duration `json:"nodeStatusUpdateFrequency,omitempty" flag:"node-status-update-frequency"`
+	// ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently synchronizing nodes. (default: 1)
+	ConcurrentNodeSyncs *int32 `json:"concurrentNodeSyncs,omitempty" flag:"concurrent-node-syncs"`
 }
 
 // KubeSchedulerConfig is the configuration for the kube-scheduler
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
index 646ae78032..7572f38482 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/componentconfig.go
@@ -722,6 +722,8 @@ type CloudControllerManagerConfig struct {
 	CPURequest *resource.Quantity `json:"cpuRequest,omitempty"`
 	// NodeStatusUpdateFrequency is the duration between node status updates. (default: 5m)
 	NodeStatusUpdateFrequency *metav1.Duration `json:"nodeStatusUpdateFrequency,omitempty" flag:"node-status-update-frequency"`
+	// ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently synchronizing nodes. (default: 1)
+	ConcurrentNodeSyncs *int32 `json:"concurrentNodeSyncs,omitempty" flag:"concurrent-node-syncs"`
 }
 
 // KubeSchedulerConfig is the configuration for the kube-scheduler
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
index a70ea606d0..a204e33004 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -2234,6 +2234,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha2_CloudControllerManagerConfig_To_kops_CloudControllerMa
 	out.EnableLeaderMigration = in.EnableLeaderMigration
 	out.CPURequest = in.CPURequest
 	out.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency = in.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency
+	out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs = in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -2267,6 +2268,7 @@ func autoConvert_kops_CloudControllerManagerConfig_To_v1alpha2_CloudControllerMa
 	out.EnableLeaderMigration = in.EnableLeaderMigration
 	out.CPURequest = in.CPURequest
 	out.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency = in.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency
+	out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs = in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index c83853e09d..06d3462a83 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha2/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -870,6 +870,11 @@ func (in *CloudControllerManagerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *CloudControllerManager
 		*out = new(v1.Duration)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs, &out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
+		*out = new(int32)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go
index ea57398015..813c021f56 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/componentconfig.go
@@ -713,6 +713,8 @@ type CloudControllerManagerConfig struct {
 	CPURequest *resource.Quantity `json:"cpuRequest,omitempty"`
 	// NodeStatusUpdateFrequency is the duration between node status updates. (default: 5m)
 	NodeStatusUpdateFrequency *metav1.Duration `json:"nodeStatusUpdateFrequency,omitempty" flag:"node-status-update-frequency"`
+	// ConcurrentNodeSyncs is the number of workers concurrently synchronizing nodes. (default: 1)
+	ConcurrentNodeSyncs *int32 `json:"concurrentNodeSyncs,omitempty" flag:"concurrent-node-syncs"`
 }
 
 // KubeSchedulerConfig is the configuration for the kube-scheduler
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go
index 0dc4b30de7..08065fac73 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.conversion.go
@@ -2336,6 +2336,7 @@ func autoConvert_v1alpha3_CloudControllerManagerConfig_To_kops_CloudControllerMa
 	out.EnableLeaderMigration = in.EnableLeaderMigration
 	out.CPURequest = in.CPURequest
 	out.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency = in.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency
+	out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs = in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -2369,6 +2370,7 @@ func autoConvert_kops_CloudControllerManagerConfig_To_v1alpha3_CloudControllerMa
 	out.EnableLeaderMigration = in.EnableLeaderMigration
 	out.CPURequest = in.CPURequest
 	out.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency = in.NodeStatusUpdateFrequency
+	out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs = in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 07cad0064e..b96bd35fbf 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/v1alpha3/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -781,6 +781,11 @@ func (in *CloudControllerManagerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *CloudControllerManager
 		*out = new(v1.Duration)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs, &out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
+		*out = new(int32)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index eb94664ad0..89d5332b00 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/kops/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -878,6 +878,11 @@ func (in *CloudControllerManagerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *CloudControllerManager
 		*out = new(v1.Duration)
 		**out = **in
 	}
+	if in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs != nil {
+		in, out := &in.ConcurrentNodeSyncs, &out.ConcurrentNodeSyncs
+		*out = new(int32)
+		**out = **in
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_cluster-completed.spec_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
index f3c8476ebf..57149b7972 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_cluster-completed.spec_content
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
     allocateNodeCIDRs: true
     clusterCIDR: 100.96.0.0/11
     clusterName: complex.example.com
+    concurrentNodeSyncs: 5
     configureCloudRoutes: false
     enableLeaderMigration: true
     image: registry.k8s.io/provider-aws/cloud-controller-manager:v1.24.15
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18_content
index 4331accd17..53e72fd62e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io-k8s-1.18_content
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ spec:
         - --allocate-node-cidrs=true
         - --cluster-cidr=100.96.0.0/11
         - --cluster-name=complex.example.com
+        - --concurrent-node-syncs=5
         - --configure-cloud-routes=false
         - --enable-leader-migration=true
         - --leader-elect=true
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
index 6ddf20e448..ec7302ed0a 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/data/aws_s3_object_complex.example.com-addons-bootstrap_content
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ spec:
     version: 9.99.0
   - id: k8s-1.18
     manifest: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io/k8s-1.18.yaml
-    manifestHash: 9f2124a3cd64512b87897b80a3e8eea5bd3bff91ff77102394b1fdcb86c98686
+    manifestHash: 82074c9f079b6bf85b323acce3f6c18ccc49d62d3c59656ecdd28198ed48729d
     name: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io
     selector:
       k8s-addon: aws-cloud-controller.addons.k8s.io
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
index cb8fce4724..00214db35f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-legacy-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ spec:
   - 1.1.1.0/24
   - pl-44444444
   channel: stable
+  cloudControllerManager:
+    concurrentNodeSyncs: 5
   cloudProvider: aws
   cloudLabels:
     Owner: John Doe
diff --git a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
index 69447acfd0..4a33490a9f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
+++ b/tests/integration/update_cluster/complex/in-v1alpha2.yaml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ spec:
   - 1.1.1.0/24
   - pl-44444444
   channel: stable
+  cloudControllerManager:
+    concurrentNodeSyncs: 5
   cloudProvider: aws
   cloudLabels:
     Owner: John Doe