diff --git a/.changeset/ten-eagles-sing.md b/.changeset/ten-eagles-sing.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa4f1b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/ten-eagles-sing.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"changesets-gitlab": minor
+---
+
+refactor: publish releases with limited concurrency with [`p-limit`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/p-limit)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 518fbe74..6cad1ca9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
     "eslint": "^9.23.0",
     "lint-staged": "^15.5.0",
     "npm-run-all2": "^7.0.2",
+    "p-limit": "^6.2.0",
     "prettier": "^3.5.3",
     "simple-git-hooks": "^2.12.1",
     "size-limit": "^11.2.0",
diff --git a/src/run.ts b/src/run.ts
index de476120..a3c9ff4f 100644
--- a/src/run.ts
+++ b/src/run.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { exec } from '@actions/exec'
 import type { Gitlab } from '@gitbeaker/core'
 import type { Package } from '@manypkg/get-packages'
 import { getPackages } from '@manypkg/get-packages'
+import pLimit from 'p-limit'
 import resolveFrom from 'resolve-from'
 import semver from 'semver'
 
@@ -23,6 +24,8 @@ import {
   sortTheThings,
 } from './utils.js'
 
+const limit = pLimit(2 * 3)
+
 export const createRelease = async (
   api: Gitlab,
   { pkg, tagName }: { pkg: Package; tagName: string },
@@ -157,10 +160,12 @@ export async function runPublish({
     if (createGitlabReleases) {
       await Promise.all(
         releasedPackages.map(pkg =>
-          createRelease(api, {
-            pkg,
-            tagName: `${pkg.packageJson.name}@${pkg.packageJson.version}`,
-          }),
+          limit(() =>
+            createRelease(api, {
+              pkg,
+              tagName: `${pkg.packageJson.name}@${pkg.packageJson.version}`,
+            }),
+          ),
         ),
       )
     }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 7af2da19..eddf47f9 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5520,6 +5520,7 @@ __metadata:
     mdast-util-to-string: "npm:^4.0.0"
     micromatch: "npm:^4.0.8"
     npm-run-all2: "npm:^7.0.2"
+    p-limit: "npm:^6.2.0"
     prettier: "npm:^3.5.3"
     remark-parse: "npm:^11.0.0"
     remark-stringify: "npm:^11.0.0"
@@ -11134,6 +11135,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"p-limit@npm:^6.2.0":
+  version: 6.2.0
+  resolution: "p-limit@npm:6.2.0"
+  dependencies:
+    yocto-queue: "npm:^1.1.1"
+  checksum: 10c0/448bf55a1776ca1444594d53b3c731e68cdca00d44a6c8df06a2f6e506d5bbd540ebb57b05280f8c8bff992a630ed782a69612473f769a7473495d19e2270166
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "p-locate@npm:^4.1.0":
   version: 4.1.0
   resolution: "p-locate@npm:4.1.0"
@@ -15095,7 +15105,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"yocto-queue@npm:^1.0.0":
+"yocto-queue@npm:^1.0.0, yocto-queue@npm:^1.1.1":
   version: 1.2.1
   resolution: "yocto-queue@npm:1.2.1"
   checksum: 10c0/5762caa3d0b421f4bdb7a1926b2ae2189fc6e4a14469258f183600028eb16db3e9e0306f46e8ebf5a52ff4b81a881f22637afefbef5399d6ad440824e9b27f9f