diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
index 64fd1a9028880..936f1184ca56e 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/threadpool/ThreadPool.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public ThreadPool(final Settings settings, final ExecutorBuilder<?>... customBui
         final int halfProcMaxAt10 = halfAllocatedProcessorsMaxTen(allocatedProcessors);
         final int genericThreadPoolMax = boundedBy(4 * allocatedProcessors, 128, 512);
         builders.put(Names.GENERIC, new ScalingExecutorBuilder(Names.GENERIC, 4, genericThreadPoolMax, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30)));
-        builders.put(Names.WRITE, new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, Names.WRITE, allocatedProcessors, 200, false));
+        builders.put(Names.WRITE, new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, Names.WRITE, allocatedProcessors, 10000, false));
         builders.put(Names.GET, new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, Names.GET, allocatedProcessors, 1000, false));
         builders.put(Names.ANALYZE, new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, Names.ANALYZE, 1, 16, false));
         builders.put(Names.SEARCH, new FixedExecutorBuilder(settings, Names.SEARCH, searchThreadPoolSize(allocatedProcessors), 1000, true));