diff --git a/waku/factory/external_config.nim b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
index b759ebf75..2c13fda9c 100644
--- a/waku/factory/external_config.nim
+++ b/waku/factory/external_config.nim
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ type WakuNodeConf* = object
     ## Peer connection config
     maxConnections* {.
       desc: "Maximum allowed number of libp2p connections.",
-      defaultValue: 50,
+      defaultValue: 300,
       name: "max-connections"
     .}: uint16