diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
index 1f7da99d..6a81b4c8 100644
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ b/.ruby-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.7.7
+2.7.8
diff --git a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production-demo.config.json b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production-demo.config.json
index d37b21cf..c5f46bd6 100644
--- a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production-demo.config.json
+++ b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production-demo.config.json
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@
     "BaseDomainName": "code.org",
     "SubdomainName": "javabuilder-demo",
     "BaseDomainNameHostedZonedID": "Z2LCOI49SCXUGU",
-    "ProvisionedConcurrentExecutions": "1",
-    "ReservedConcurrentExecutions": "5",
+    "ProvisionedConcurrentExecutions": "5",
+    "ReservedConcurrentExecutions": "50",
     "LimitPerHour": "-1",
     "LimitPerDay": "50",
-    "SilenceAlerts": "false"
+    "SilenceAlerts": "false",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsTopic": "javabuilder-low-urgency",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsAlarmThreshold": "45"
+
   },
   "Tags": {
     "EnvType": "production"
diff --git a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production.config.json b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production.config.json
index 50bcfde5..dd723318 100644
--- a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production.config.json
+++ b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/production.config.json
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
     "LimitPerHour": "1000",
     "LimitPerDay": "-1",
     "SilenceAlerts": "false",
-    "TeacherLimitPerHour": "25000"
+    "TeacherLimitPerHour": "25000",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsTopic": "CDO-Urgent",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsAlarmThreshold": "400"
   },
   "Tags" : {
     "EnvType" : "production"
diff --git a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/test.config.json b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/test.config.json
index 79055fa7..58964c8f 100644
--- a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/test.config.json
+++ b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/config/test.config.json
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
     "ReservedConcurrentExecutions": "25",
     "LimitPerHour": "50",
     "LimitPerDay": "150",
-    "SilenceAlerts": "false"
+    "SilenceAlerts": "false",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsTopic": "javabuilder-low-urgency",
+    "HighConcurrentExecutionsAlarmThreshold": "20"
   },
   "Tags" : {
     "EnvType" : "test"
diff --git a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/template.yml.erb b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/template.yml.erb
index 3a54d82e..9cb765df 100644
--- a/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/template.yml.erb
+++ b/cicd/3-app/javabuilder/template.yml.erb
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ Parameters:
     AllowedValues: [true, false]
     Description: If alerts should be silenced on this instance
     Default: false
+  HighConcurrentExecutionsTopic:
+    Type: String
+    Description: The name of the SNS topic to publish to for a high concurrent executions alarm.
+    Default: CDO-Urgent
+  HighConcurrentExecutionsAlarmThreshold:
+    Type: Number
+    Description: The threshold for the high concurrent executions alarm.
+    Default: 400
 <%
 JAVALAB_APP_TYPES = %w(
   Theater
@@ -857,18 +865,19 @@ Resources:
     Properties:
       AlarmName: !Sub "${SubdomainName}_<%=name.downcase%>_high_concurrent_executions"
       AlarmDescription: !Sub |
-          Alarm if javabuilder usage exceeds 400 concurrent
-          executions for 10 minutes. Occasional spikes are expected, but
-          long-running high usage is an indication of an attack. Page the student learning
-          team for further investigation. See this doc for investigation steps
+          Alarm if javabuilder usage has high concurrent executions for 10 minutes.
+          Occasional spikes are expected, but long-running high usage is an indication
+          of an attack. If this is occuring on the demo environment, this is a non-urgent
+          issue as we expect occasional periods of high usage. If it is on production, 
+          page the student learning team for further investigation. See this doc for investigation steps
           https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHvV6pvUcwxgZpw0YWBmxFggQL5KqYx9zwolwkZhjU8/edit#bookmark=id.xs1gcuxrw6ze
       ActionsEnabled: true
       AlarmActions:
-          - !If [SilenceAlertsCondition, !Ref AWS::NoValue, !Sub "arn:aws:sns:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:CDO-Urgent"]
+          - !If [SilenceAlertsCondition, !Ref AWS::NoValue, !Sub "arn:aws:sns:${AWS::Region}:${AWS::AccountId}:${HighConcurrentExecutionsTopic}"]
       EvaluationPeriods: 10
       DatapointsToAlarm: 10
       Period: 60
-      Threshold: 400
+      Threshold: !Ref HighConcurrentExecutionsAlarmThreshold
       ComparisonOperator: GreaterThanThreshold
       TreatMissingData: notBreaching
       MetricName: ConcurrentExecutions