diff --git a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
index 1697d22e..dda65e1c 100644
--- a/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
+++ b/radicle-cli/examples/rad-config.md
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ $ rad config
       "maxOpenFiles": 4096,
       "rate": {
         "inbound": {
-          "fillRate": 2.0,
-          "capacity": 128
+          "fillRate": 5.0,
+          "capacity": 1024
         },
         "outbound": {
-          "fillRate": 5.0,
-          "capacity": 256
+          "fillRate": 10.0,
+          "capacity": 2048
         }
       },
       "connection": {
diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
index 827c2b54..5916f902 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/profile.rs
@@ -101,12 +101,12 @@ mod routes {
                     "maxOpenFiles": 4096,
                     "rate": {
                       "inbound": {
-                        "fillRate": 2.0,
-                        "capacity": 128
+                        "fillRate": 5.0,
+                        "capacity": 1024
                       },
                       "outbound": {
-                        "fillRate": 5.0,
-                        "capacity": 256
+                        "fillRate": 10.0,
+                        "capacity": 2048
                       }
                     },
                     "connection": {
diff --git a/radicle/src/node/config.rs b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
index fba4d058..40b826ab 100644
--- a/radicle/src/node/config.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/node/config.rs
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ impl Default for RateLimits {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             inbound: RateLimit {
-                fill_rate: 2.0,
-                capacity: 128,
+                fill_rate: 5.0,
+                capacity: 1024,
             },
             outbound: RateLimit {
-                fill_rate: 5.0,
-                capacity: 256,
+                fill_rate: 10.0,
+                capacity: 2048,
             },
         }
     }