diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/3/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/3/release.yaml
index 7bd136440..17417758c 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/3/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/3/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             helper_image = "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-helper:arm-latest"
             privileged = false
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/4/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/4/release.yaml
index 37a69b658..e3334345c 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/4/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/graviton/4/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             helper_image = "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-helper:arm64-latest"
             privileged = false
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
index 8e184d9f6..5fae5264e 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ spec:
 
           # Ensure windows paths are used
           [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
             FF_USE_POWERSHELL_PATH_RESOLVER = true
 
           [runners.kubernetes]
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
index 1104a39b1..f7f6dab1f 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v3/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
index ed0d28f18..8e20969cd 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v4/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
index 172c94988..abf47c60c 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/protected/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/3/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/3/release.yaml
index 9ac280fd4..6ee28a02b 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/3/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/3/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             helper_image = "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-helper:arm-latest"
             privileged = false
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/4/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/4/release.yaml
index fdd181bf7..70ca0f653 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/4/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/graviton/4/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             helper_image = "registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-runner/gitlab-runner-helper:arm64-latest"
             privileged = false
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
index 6a0619701..c0a3641d3 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2-win/release.yaml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ spec:
 
           # Ensure windows paths are used
           [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
             FF_USE_POWERSHELL_PATH_RESOLVER = true
 
           [runners.kubernetes]
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
index 41f2ce998..700fe1980 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v2/release.yaml
@@ -79,7 +79,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v3/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
index 4ca28eb28..475d86feb 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v3/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v4/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
index 804404cb1..3f2103068 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/public/x86_64/v4/release.yaml
@@ -77,7 +77,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"
diff --git a/k8s/production/runners/signing/release.yaml b/k8s/production/runners/signing/release.yaml
index 5f9f53664..cc00cd5e4 100644
--- a/k8s/production/runners/signing/release.yaml
+++ b/k8s/production/runners/signing/release.yaml
@@ -78,7 +78,11 @@ spec:
           """
 
           output_limit = 20480
-          environment = ["FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE=1"]
+
+          [runners.feature_flags]
+            FF_GITLAB_REGISTRY_HELPER_IMAGE = true
+            FF_USE_ADAPTIVE_REQUEST_CONCURRENCY = true
+
           [runners.kubernetes]
             privileged = false
             helper_memory_request = "512M"