diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/pip/IPyPiClient.cs b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/pip/IPyPiClient.cs
index ac31392b6..f58814e63 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/pip/IPyPiClient.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ComponentDetection.Detectors/pip/IPyPiClient.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ public class PyPiClient : IPyPiClient
         // Values used for cache creation
         private const long CACHEINTERVALSECONDS = 60;
 
-        private const long DEFAULTCACHEENTRIES = 128;
+        private const long DEFAULTCACHEENTRIES = 4096;
 
         // max number of retries allowed, to cap the total delay period
         private const long MAXRETRIES = 15;