diff --git a/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim b/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
index 09085fcb..73083ba2 100644
--- a/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
+++ b/codex/blockexchange/engine/discovery.nim
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ logScope:
 declareGauge(codexInflightDiscovery, "inflight discovery requests")
 
 const
-  DefaultConcurrentDiscRequests = 10
+  DefaultConcurrentDiscRequests = 60
   DefaultConcurrentAdvertRequests = 10
   DefaultDiscoveryTimeout = 1.minutes
   DefaultMinPeersPerBlock = 3