diff --git a/BitFaster.Caching/Lru/ConcurrentLruCore.cs b/BitFaster.Caching/Lru/ConcurrentLruCore.cs
index a61cac60..2afef096 100644
--- a/BitFaster.Caching/Lru/ConcurrentLruCore.cs
+++ b/BitFaster.Caching/Lru/ConcurrentLruCore.cs
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ private void Cycle(int hotCount)
             {
                 (var dest, var count) = CycleHot(hotCount);
 
-                const int maxAttempts = 3;
+                const int maxAttempts = 5;
                 int attempts = 0;
 
                 while (attempts++ < maxAttempts)