diff --git a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
index f1c2de20a..6fc5fa869 100644
--- a/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
+++ b/cassandra-datastax-driver/src/main/scala/com/avast/sst/datastax/config/advanced.scala
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ final case class ConnectionConfig(
 
 object ConnectionConfig {
   val Default: ConnectionConfig =
-    ConnectionConfig(InitQueryTimeout, InitQueryTimeout, PoolConfig.Default, PoolConfig.Default, 1024, 24576, true)
+    ConnectionConfig(InitQueryTimeout, InitQueryTimeout, PoolConfig.Default, PoolConfig.Default, 1024, 256, true)
 }
 
 /** The driver maintains a connection pool to each node, according to the distance assigned to it