diff --git a/server/stream.go b/server/stream.go
index 852d75536d9..c1224f5c295 100644
--- a/server/stream.go
+++ b/server/stream.go
@@ -306,8 +306,8 @@ func (ext *ExternalStream) Domain() string {
 
 // For managing stream ingest.
 const (
-	streamDefaultMaxQueueMsgs  = 10_000
-	streamDefaultMaxQueueBytes = 1024 * 1024 * 128
+	streamDefaultMaxQueueMsgs  = 100_000
+	streamDefaultMaxQueueBytes = 128 * 1024 * 1024
 )
 
 // For managing stream batches.