diff --git a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
index 3445b5a7b9..971ec53961 100644
--- a/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
+++ b/mkdocs/docs/configuration.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Iceberg tables support table properties to configure table behavior.
 | -------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
 | `write.parquet.compression-codec`      | `{uncompressed,zstd,gzip,snappy}` | zstd    | Sets the Parquet compression coddec.                                                        |
 | `write.parquet.compression-level`      | Integer                           | null    | Parquet compression level for the codec. If not set, it is up to PyIceberg                  |
+| `write.parquet.row-group-limit`        | Number of rows                    | 1048576 | The upper bound of the number of entries within a single row group                          |
 | `write.parquet.page-size-bytes`        | Size in bytes                     | 1MB     | Set a target threshold for the approximate encoded size of data pages within a column chunk |
 | `write.parquet.page-row-limit`         | Number of rows                    | 20000   | Set a target threshold for the approximate encoded size of data pages within a column chunk |
 | `write.parquet.dict-size-bytes`        | Size in bytes                     | 2MB     | Set the dictionary page size limit per row group                                            |
diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index 5bbf65759c..e54a169907 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -2197,8 +2197,8 @@ def write_file(io: FileIO, table_metadata: TableMetadata, tasks: Iterator[WriteT
     parquet_writer_kwargs = _get_parquet_writer_kwargs(table_metadata.properties)
     row_group_size = property_as_int(
         properties=table_metadata.properties,
-        property_name=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES,
-        default=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT,
+        property_name=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT,
+        default=TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT_DEFAULT,
     )
 
     def write_parquet(task: WriteTask) -> DataFile:
diff --git a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
index bb39933ace..626f35350a 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/table/__init__.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class TableProperties:
     PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT = 128 * 1024 * 1024  # 128 MB
 
     PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT = "write.parquet.row-group-limit"
-    PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT_DEFAULT = 128 * 1024 * 1024  # 128 MB
+    PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT_DEFAULT = 1048576
 
     PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE_BYTES = "write.parquet.page-size-bytes"
     PARQUET_PAGE_SIZE_BYTES_DEFAULT = 1024 * 1024  # 1 MB
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_reads.py b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
index a2d34661e9..1664289040 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_reads.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_reads.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     BinaryType,
     BooleanType,
     IntegerType,
+    LongType,
     NestedField,
     StringType,
     TimestampType,
@@ -670,6 +671,40 @@ def another_task() -> None:
 
 
 @pytest.mark.integration
+def test_configure_row_group_batch_size(session_catalog: Catalog) -> None:
+    from pyiceberg.table import TableProperties
+
+    table_name = "default.test_small_row_groups"
+    try:
+        session_catalog.drop_table(table_name)
+    except NoSuchTableError:
+        pass  # Just to make sure that the table doesn't exist
+
+    tbl = session_catalog.create_table(
+        table_name,
+        Schema(
+            NestedField(1, "number", LongType()),
+        ),
+        properties={TableProperties.PARQUET_ROW_GROUP_LIMIT: "1"},
+    )
+
+    # Write 10 row groups, that should end up as 10 batches
+    entries = 10
+    tbl.append(
+        pa.Table.from_pylist(
+            [
+                {
+                    "number": number,
+                }
+                for number in range(entries)
+            ],
+        )
+    )
+
+    batches = list(tbl.scan().to_arrow_batch_reader())
+    assert len(batches) == entries
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("catalog", [pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog_hive"), pytest.lazy_fixture("session_catalog")])
 def test_table_scan_default_to_large_types(catalog: Catalog) -> None:
     identifier = "default.test_table_scan_default_to_large_types"