diff --git a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/peers/getdata/RequestDataManager.java b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/peers/getdata/RequestDataManager.java
index 5fcc153edab..a8dc8ba89e5 100644
--- a/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/peers/getdata/RequestDataManager.java
+++ b/p2p/src/main/java/bisq/network/p2p/peers/getdata/RequestDataManager.java
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ public class RequestDataManager implements MessageListener, ConnectionListener,
     private static final long RETRY_DELAY_SEC = 10;
     private static final long CLEANUP_TIMER = 120;
     // How many seeds we request the PreliminaryGetDataRequest from
-    private static int NUM_SEEDS_FOR_PRELIMINARY_REQUEST = 16;
+    private static int NUM_SEEDS_FOR_PRELIMINARY_REQUEST = 2;
     // how many seeds additional to the first responding PreliminaryGetDataRequest seed we request the GetUpdatedDataRequest from
-    private static int NUM_ADDITIONAL_SEEDS_FOR_UPDATE_REQUEST = 16;
+    private static int NUM_ADDITIONAL_SEEDS_FOR_UPDATE_REQUEST = 1;
     private boolean isPreliminaryDataRequest = true;
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////