diff --git a/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs b/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
index 6489fbe9a1..00d6b61399 100644
--- a/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
+++ b/libs/pageserver_api/src/config.rs
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ impl Default for BasebackupCacheConfig {
             cleanup_period: Duration::from_secs(60),
             max_total_size_bytes: 1024 * 1024 * 1024, // 1 GiB
             // max_entry_size_bytes: 16 * 1024 * 1024,   // 16 MiB
-            max_size_entries: 1000,
+            max_size_entries: 10000,
             prepare_channel_size: 100,
         }
     }