diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6360ffd0de..a4fd768e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+- Change default value for `epoch_stability_depth` from 102400 to 2160
 - Add /v1/account-votes-all endpoint to return the list of proposals a user has voted for
 - Remove /v1/account-votes-count endpoint
 - Validate server id is the expected one during gRPC handshake
diff --git a/jormungandr-lib/src/interfaces/block0_configuration/default_values.rs b/jormungandr-lib/src/interfaces/block0_configuration/default_values.rs
index 629124476c..f5c220d971 100644
--- a/jormungandr-lib/src/interfaces/block0_configuration/default_values.rs
+++ b/jormungandr-lib/src/interfaces/block0_configuration/default_values.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub const MINIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH: u32 = 1;
 pub const MAXIMUM_NUMBER_OF_SLOTS_PER_EPOCH: u32 = 1_000_000;
 
 /// the default value for epoch stability depth
-pub const DEFAULT_EPOCH_STABILITY_DEPTH: u32 = 102_400;
+pub const DEFAULT_EPOCH_STABILITY_DEPTH: u32 = 2160;
 
 /// the default value for block content max size
 pub const DEFAULT_BLOCK_CONTENT_MAX_SIZE: u32 = 102_400;