diff --git a/manifests/api.pp b/manifests/api.pp
index 479d77a..1f624f5 100644
--- a/manifests/api.pp
+++ b/manifests/api.pp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #   (Optional) Number of workers for Mistral API service
 #   default is equal to the number of CPUs available if that can
 #   be determined, else a default worker count of 1 is returned.
-#   Defaults to $::os_service_default
+#   Defaults to $::os_workers
 #
 # [*bind_host*]
 #   (Optional) Address to bind the server. Useful when
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 #
 class mistral::api (
   $allow_action_execution_deletion = $::os_service_default,
-  $api_workers                     = $::os_service_default,
+  $api_workers                     = $::os_workers,
   $bind_host                       = $::os_service_default,
   $bind_port                       = $::os_service_default,
   $enabled                         = true,
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-6deab8168bc940c2.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-6deab8168bc940c2.yaml
index 5616f0d..54678d9 100644
--- a/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-6deab8168bc940c2.yaml
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/os_workers_for_worker_count-6deab8168bc940c2.yaml
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ other:
   - Parameters that control the number of spawned child processes for
     distributing processing have had their default value changed from
     ::processorcount to ::os_workers.
+  - Switched default api worker count for the api service when
+    not run under apache to use os_workers.