diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 35827dda7e5a..a3764a887822 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 - [[PR 1161]](https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon/pull/1161) Make flux field Metadata accessible, add Metadata::CellMemAligned flag, small perfomance upgrades
 
 ### Changed (changing behavior/API/variables/...)
+- [[PR 1243]](https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon/pull/1243) Increase MPI timeout counter by 10x
 - [[PR 1223]](https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon/pull/1223) Update to v4 artifacts
 - [[PR 1216]](https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon/pull/1216) Move to Kokkos 4.5
 - [[PR 1191]](https://github.com/parthenon-hpc-lab/parthenon/pull/1191) Update Kokkos version to 4.4.1
diff --git a/src/utils/communication_buffer.hpp b/src/utils/communication_buffer.hpp
index edfc04f11c77..35933981ee00 100644
--- a/src/utils/communication_buffer.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/communication_buffer.hpp
@@ -327,8 +327,8 @@ bool CommBuffer<T>::TryReceive() noexcept {
       *comm_type_ == BuffCommType::sparse_receiver) {
 #ifdef MPI_PARALLEL
     (*nrecv_tries_)++;
-    PARTHENON_REQUIRE(*nrecv_tries_ < 1e8,
-                      "MPI probably hanging after 1e8 receive tries.");
+    PARTHENON_REQUIRE(*nrecv_tries_ < 1e9,
+                      "MPI probably hanging after 1e9 receive tries.");
 
     TryStartReceive();