diff --git a/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/dotcom-components.test.ts.snap b/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/dotcom-components.test.ts.snap
index 14f77f187..ea69994cd 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/dotcom-components.test.ts.snap
+++ b/cdk/lib/__snapshots__/dotcom-components.test.ts.snap
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ exports[`The DotcomComponents stack matches the snapshot 1`] = `
             "Granularity": "1Minute",
           },
         ],
-        "MinSize": "6",
+        "MinSize": "3",
         "Tags": [
           {
             "Key": "App",
@@ -161,7 +161,10 @@ exports[`The DotcomComponents stack matches the snapshot 1`] = `
       },
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::AutoScalingGroup",
     },
-    "AutoScalingGroupDotcomcomponentsScalingPolicyCpuScalingPolicy29FF9AE6": {
+    "AutoScalingGroupDotcomcomponentsScalingPolicyRequestCountScalingPolicy2E40F328": {
+      "DependsOn": [
+        "ListenerDotcomcomponentsF68CDC56",
+      ],
       "Properties": {
         "AutoScalingGroupName": {
           "Ref": "AutoScalingGroupDotcomcomponentsASG512C0EA8",
@@ -169,9 +172,64 @@ exports[`The DotcomComponents stack matches the snapshot 1`] = `
         "PolicyType": "TargetTrackingScaling",
         "TargetTrackingConfiguration": {
           "PredefinedMetricSpecification": {
-            "PredefinedMetricType": "ASGAverageCPUUtilization",
+            "PredefinedMetricType": "ALBRequestCountPerTarget",
+            "ResourceLabel": {
+              "Fn::Join": [
+                "",
+                [
+                  {
+                    "Fn::Select": [
+                      1,
+                      {
+                        "Fn::Split": [
+                          "/",
+                          {
+                            "Ref": "ListenerDotcomcomponentsF68CDC56",
+                          },
+                        ],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                  "/",
+                  {
+                    "Fn::Select": [
+                      2,
+                      {
+                        "Fn::Split": [
+                          "/",
+                          {
+                            "Ref": "ListenerDotcomcomponentsF68CDC56",
+                          },
+                        ],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                  "/",
+                  {
+                    "Fn::Select": [
+                      3,
+                      {
+                        "Fn::Split": [
+                          "/",
+                          {
+                            "Ref": "ListenerDotcomcomponentsF68CDC56",
+                          },
+                        ],
+                      },
+                    ],
+                  },
+                  "/",
+                  {
+                    "Fn::GetAtt": [
+                      "TargetGroupDotcomcomponents54FF73AB",
+                      "TargetGroupFullName",
+                    ],
+                  },
+                ],
+              ],
+            },
           },
-          "TargetValue": 40,
+          "TargetValue": 20000,
         },
       },
       "Type": "AWS::AutoScaling::ScalingPolicy",
diff --git a/cdk/lib/dotcom-components.ts b/cdk/lib/dotcom-components.ts
index 0b2e46cbb..ae103e423 100644
--- a/cdk/lib/dotcom-components.ts
+++ b/cdk/lib/dotcom-components.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ chown -R dotcom-components:support /var/log/dotcom-components
         ];
 
 		const scaling: GuAsgCapacity = {
-			minimumInstances: this.stage === 'CODE' ? 1 : 6,
+			minimumInstances: this.stage === 'CODE' ? 1 : 3,
 			maximumInstances: this.stage === 'CODE' ? 2 : 18,
 		};
 
@@ -252,8 +252,8 @@ chown -R dotcom-components:support /var/log/dotcom-components
 			scaling,
 		});
 
-		ec2App.autoScalingGroup.scaleOnCpuUtilization('CpuScalingPolicy', {
-			targetUtilizationPercent: 40,
-		});
+        ec2App.autoScalingGroup.scaleOnRequestCount('RequestCountScalingPolicy', {
+            targetRequestsPerMinute: 20000,
+        });
     }
 }