diff --git a/chain/src/chain.rs b/chain/src/chain.rs
index 97e53af0..fd381bc7 100644
--- a/chain/src/chain.rs
+++ b/chain/src/chain.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
 
 /// Orphan pool size is limited by MAX_ORPHAN_SIZE
-pub const MAX_ORPHAN_SIZE: usize = 200;
+pub const MAX_ORPHAN_SIZE: usize = 60;
 
 /// When evicting, very old orphans are evicted first
 const MAX_ORPHAN_AGE_SECS: u64 = 300;