diff --git a/backend/src/app/rpc/climit.clj b/backend/src/app/rpc/climit.clj
index bb3db5ba58..34080e8e25 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/rpc/climit.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/rpc/climit.clj
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
   (pbh/create :permits (or (:permits config) (:concurrency config))
               :queue (or (:queue config) (:queue-size config))
               :timeout (:timeout config)
-              :type :semaphore))
+              :executor :virtual))
 
 (defn- create-cache
   [{:keys [::wrk/executor]}]