diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
index 441da0d7f..d83786394 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ use index_scheduler::{IndexScheduler, IndexSchedulerOptions};
 use meilisearch_auth::{open_auth_store_env, AuthController};
 use meilisearch_types::milli::constants::VERSION_MAJOR;
 use meilisearch_types::milli::documents::{DocumentsBatchBuilder, DocumentsBatchReader};
-use meilisearch_types::milli::update::{IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod, IndexerConfig};
-use meilisearch_types::milli::ThreadPoolNoAbortBuilder;
+use meilisearch_types::milli::update::{
+    default_thread_pool_and_threads, IndexDocumentsConfig, IndexDocumentsMethod, IndexerConfig,
+};
 use meilisearch_types::settings::apply_settings_to_builder;
 use meilisearch_types::tasks::KindWithContent;
 use meilisearch_types::versioning::{
@@ -506,8 +507,7 @@ fn import_dump(
     let base_config = index_scheduler.indexer_config();
 
     let indexer_config = if base_config.max_threads.is_none() {
-        let thread_pool =
-            ThreadPoolNoAbortBuilder::new_for_indexing().num_threads(num_cpus::get()).build()?;
+        let (thread_pool, _) = default_thread_pool_and_threads();
 
         let _config = IndexerConfig { thread_pool, ..*base_config };
         backup_config = _config;
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/indexer_config.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/indexer_config.rs
index edca71e14..eb7fbd4d5 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/indexer_config.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/indexer_config.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ impl IndexerConfig {
 
 /// By default use only 1 thread for indexing in tests
 #[cfg(test)]
-fn default_thread_pool_and_threads() -> (ThreadPoolNoAbort, Option<usize>) {
+pub fn default_thread_pool_and_threads() -> (ThreadPoolNoAbort, Option<usize>) {
     let pool = ThreadPoolNoAbortBuilder::new_for_indexing()
         .num_threads(1)
         .build()
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ fn default_thread_pool_and_threads() -> (ThreadPoolNoAbort, Option<usize>) {
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(test))]
-fn default_thread_pool_and_threads() -> (ThreadPoolNoAbort, Option<usize>) {
+pub fn default_thread_pool_and_threads() -> (ThreadPoolNoAbort, Option<usize>) {
     let pool = ThreadPoolNoAbortBuilder::new_for_indexing()
         .build()
         .expect("failed to build default rayon thread pool");
diff --git a/crates/milli/src/update/mod.rs b/crates/milli/src/update/mod.rs
index 9a783ffd2..ebb313dcf 100644
--- a/crates/milli/src/update/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/milli/src/update/mod.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pub use self::concurrent_available_ids::ConcurrentAvailableIds;
 pub use self::facet::bulk::FacetsUpdateBulk;
 pub use self::facet::incremental::FacetsUpdateIncrementalInner;
 pub use self::index_documents::*;
-pub use self::indexer_config::IndexerConfig;
+pub use self::indexer_config::{default_thread_pool_and_threads, IndexerConfig};
 pub use self::new::ChannelCongestion;
 pub use self::settings::{validate_embedding_settings, Setting, Settings};
 pub use self::update_step::UpdateIndexingStep;