diff --git a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
index 6fca4edf86a80..fd5bc3ec4c8d7 100644
--- a/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
+++ b/libs/community/langchain_community/document_loaders/recursive_url_loader.py
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ def __init__(
         link_regex: Union[str, re.Pattern, None] = None,
         headers: Optional[dict] = None,
         check_response_status: bool = False,
+        concurrent_requests_limit: Optional[int] = 100
     ) -> None:
         """Initialize with URL to crawl and any subdirectories to exclude.
 
@@ -117,6 +118,8 @@ def __init__(
             link_regex: Regex for extracting sub-links from the raw html of a web page.
             check_response_status: If True, check HTTP response status and skip
                 URLs with error responses (400-599).
+            concurrent_requests_limit: Maximum number of concurrent http requests when 
+                using asynchronous loading.
         """
 
         self.url = url
@@ -142,6 +145,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._lock = asyncio.Lock() if self.use_async else None
         self.headers = headers
         self.check_response_status = check_response_status
+        self.concurrent_requests_limit = concurrent_requests_limit
 
     def _get_child_links_recursive(
         self, url: str, visited: Set[str], *, depth: int = 0
@@ -196,9 +200,10 @@ async def _async_get_child_links_recursive(
         self,
         url: str,
         visited: Set[str],
+        semaphore: asyncio.Semaphore,
         *,
         session: Optional[aiohttp.ClientSession] = None,
-        depth: int = 0,
+        depth: int = 0
     ) -> List[Document]:
         """Recursively get all child links starting with the path of the input URL.
 
@@ -206,6 +211,7 @@ async def _async_get_child_links_recursive(
             url: The URL to crawl.
             visited: A set of visited URLs.
             depth: To reach the current url, how many pages have been visited.
+            semaphore: An object to keep track of the number of concurrent requests.
         """
         try:
             import aiohttp
@@ -231,19 +237,26 @@ async def _async_get_child_links_recursive(
         )
         async with self._lock:  # type: ignore
             visited.add(url)
-        try:
-            async with session.get(url) as response:
-                text = await response.text()
-                if self.check_response_status and 400 <= response.status <= 599:
-                    raise ValueError(f"Received HTTP status {response.status}")
-        except (aiohttp.client_exceptions.InvalidURL, Exception) as e:
-            logger.warning(
-                f"Unable to load {url}. Received error {e} of type "
-                f"{e.__class__.__name__}"
-            )
-            if close_session:
-                await session.close()
-            return []
+
+        async with semaphore:
+            try:
+                async with session.get(url) as response:
+                    text = await response.text()
+                    if self.check_response_status and 400 <= response.status <= 599:
+                        raise ValueError(f"Received HTTP status {response.status}")
+            except (aiohttp.client_exceptions.InvalidURL, Exception) as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    f"Unable to load {url}. Received error {e} of type "
+                    f"{e.__class__.__name__}"
+                )
+                if close_session:
+                    await session.close()
+                return []
+            
+            # Wait if the concurrent requests limit is reached
+            if semaphore.locked():
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+
         results = []
         content = self.extractor(text)
         if content:
@@ -270,7 +283,7 @@ async def _async_get_child_links_recursive(
                 for link in to_visit:
                     sub_tasks.append(
                         self._async_get_child_links_recursive(
-                            link, visited, session=session, depth=depth + 1
+                            link, visited, semaphore, session=session, depth=depth + 1
                         )
                     )
             next_results = await asyncio.gather(*sub_tasks)
@@ -291,8 +304,9 @@ def lazy_load(self) -> Iterator[Document]:
         but it will still work in the expected way, just not lazy."""
         visited: Set[str] = set()
         if self.use_async:
+            semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(self.concurrent_requests_limit) 
             results = asyncio.run(
-                self._async_get_child_links_recursive(self.url, visited)
+                self._async_get_child_links_recursive(self.url, visited, semaphore)
             )
             return iter(results or [])
         else: