diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 523c5bb49b..4f0fbfcead 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 devel
 -----
 
+* changed default value for `--server.max-packet-size` from 128 MB to 256 MB
+
 * change default string truncation length from 80 characters to 256 characters for
   `print`/`printShell` functions in ArangoShell and arangod. This will emit longer
   prefixes of string values before truncating them with `...`, which is helpful
diff --git a/lib/SimpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpClient.cpp b/lib/SimpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
index 10108d9ca5..1608babbab 100644
--- a/lib/SimpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
+++ b/lib/SimpleHttpClient/SimpleHttpClient.cpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, std::string> const
     SimpleHttpClient::NO_HEADERS{};
 
 /// @brief default value for max packet size
-size_t SimpleHttpClient::MaxPacketSize = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
+size_t SimpleHttpClient::MaxPacketSize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 SimpleHttpClient::SimpleHttpClient(GeneralClientConnection* connection,
                                    double requestTimeout, bool warn)