diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b376b3ea0..9d6a964a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 - Introduce `PeerAddress` struct to help resolve `String` to internal address types [#621](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/621)
 
+### Changed
+
+- Increase `max_pending_connections_in` and `max_pending_connections_out` [#628](https://github.com/p2panda/aquadoggo/pull/628)
+
 ## [0.7.3]
 
 ### Fixed
diff --git a/aquadoggo/src/network/config.rs b/aquadoggo/src/network/config.rs
index 04d6ab5a9..8bfdb4a66 100644
--- a/aquadoggo/src/network/config.rs
+++ b/aquadoggo/src/network/config.rs
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ impl Default for NetworkConfiguration {
             dial_concurrency_factor: 8,
             max_connections_in: 16,
             max_connections_out: 16,
-            max_connections_pending_in: 8,
-            max_connections_pending_out: 8,
+            max_connections_pending_in: 16,
+            max_connections_pending_out: 16,
             max_connections_per_peer: 8,
         }
     }