diff --git a/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.spec.ts b/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3eb90550ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+import { Semaphore } from './semaphore';
+
+describe('semaphore', function () {
+  const maxConcurrentOps = 5;
+  let semaphore: Semaphore;
+  let taskHandler: (id: number) => Promise<number>;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    semaphore = new Semaphore(maxConcurrentOps);
+    taskHandler = async (id: number) => {
+      const release = await semaphore.waitForRelease();
+      const delay = Math.floor(Math.random() * 450) + 50;
+      try {
+        await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, delay));
+        return id;
+      } finally {
+        release();
+      }
+    };
+  });
+
+  it('should run operations concurrently', async function () {
+    const tasks = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => taskHandler(i));
+    const results = await Promise.all(tasks);
+    expect(results).to.have.lengthOf(10);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.ts b/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..98c8a8c047b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compass-user-data/src/semaphore.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+export class Semaphore {
+  private currentCount = 0;
+  private queue: (() => void)[] = [];
+  constructor(private maxConcurrentOps: number) {}
+
+  waitForRelease(): Promise<() => void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      const attempt = () => {
+        this.currentCount++;
+        resolve(this.release.bind(this));
+      };
+      if (this.currentCount < this.maxConcurrentOps) {
+        attempt();
+      } else {
+        this.queue.push(attempt);
+      }
+    });
+  }
+
+  private release() {
+    this.currentCount--;
+    if (this.queue.length > 0) {
+      const next = this.queue.shift();
+      next && next();
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
index bbb01daa8ef..92d3cd36d5e 100644
--- a/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
+++ b/packages/compass-user-data/src/user-data.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { createLogger } from '@mongodb-js/compass-logging';
 import { getStoragePath } from '@mongodb-js/compass-utils';
 import type { z } from 'zod';
 import writeFile from 'write-file-atomic';
+import { Semaphore } from './semaphore';
 
 const { log, mongoLogId } = createLogger('COMPASS-USER-STORAGE');
 
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export class UserData<T extends z.Schema> {
   private readonly serialize: SerializeContent<z.input<T>>;
   private readonly deserialize: DeserializeContent;
   private readonly getFileName: GetFileName;
+  private readonly semaphore = new Semaphore(100);
 
   constructor(
     private readonly validator: T,
@@ -122,7 +124,9 @@ export class UserData<T extends z.Schema> {
     let data: string;
     let stats: Stats;
     let handle: fs.FileHandle | undefined = undefined;
+    let release: (() => void) | undefined = undefined;
     try {
+      release = await this.semaphore.waitForRelease();
       handle = await fs.open(absolutePath, 'r');
       [stats, data] = await Promise.all([
         handle.stat(),
@@ -139,6 +143,7 @@ export class UserData<T extends z.Schema> {
       throw error;
     } finally {
       await handle?.close();
+      release?.();
     }
 
     try {