diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/ConfigBuildersTests.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/ConfigBuildersTests.cs
index 6e70673a6..ab0abda96 100644
--- a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/ConfigBuildersTests.cs
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/ConfigBuildersTests.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 // See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 // limitations under the License.
 
+using System.Buffers;
 using FluentAssertions;
+using Neo4j.Driver.Internal.IO;
 using Neo4j.Driver.Internal.Util;
 using Xunit;
 
@@ -43,5 +45,34 @@ public void ShouldReturnNewSessionOptions()
             options1.Database.Should().Be("foo");
             options2.Database.Should().Be("system");
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldConfigureReaderConfig()
+        {
+            var cb = new ConfigBuilder(new Config());
+            cb.WithDefaultReadBufferSize(128);
+            var config = cb.Build();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.Should().NotBeNull();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.MinBufferSize.Should().Be(128);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldDefaultReaderConfig()
+        {
+            var cb = new ConfigBuilder(new Config());
+            var config = cb.Build();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.Should().NotBeNull();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.MinBufferSize.Should().Be(Constants.DefaultReadBufferSize);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void ShouldUseSpecifiedConfigObject()
+        {
+            var cb = new ConfigBuilder(new Config());
+            cb.WithMessageReaderConfig(new MessageReaderConfig(MemoryPool<byte>.Shared));
+            var config = cb.Build();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.Should().NotBeNull();
+            config.MessageReaderConfig.MemoryPool.Should().Be(MemoryPool<byte>.Shared);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPoolTests.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPoolTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3069466b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPoolTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+// Copyright (c) "Neo4j"
+// Neo4j Sweden AB [https://neo4j.com]
+// 
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License").
+// You may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+// 
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+// 
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+using System.Buffers;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Neo4j.Driver.Internal.IO;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Neo4j.Driver.Internal.Util;
+
+public class PipeReaderMemoryPoolTests
+{
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData(512, 512, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(1024, 1024, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(1025, 2048, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(2049, 4096, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(4096, 4096, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(4097, 8192, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(65535, 65536, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(65539, 131072, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize)]
+    [InlineData(1025, 1025, 1024)]
+    public void ShouldRentMemoryInPower(int size, int expectedSize, int maxReadBufferSize)
+    {
+        var pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, maxReadBufferSize);
+        using var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(size);
+        memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(expectedSize);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShouldRentMemoryInPowerWithDefaultSize()
+    {
+        var pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize);
+        using var memoryOwner = pool.Rent();
+        memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(1024);
+    }
+    
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShouldReusePooledObjects()
+    {
+        var pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize);
+
+        int length;
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(4321))
+        {
+            length = memoryOwner.Memory.Length;
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0] = 1;
+        }
+        
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(4321))
+        {
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(length);
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0].Should().Be(1);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// This test is to verify the behaviour of the shared pool.
+    /// It is an unnecessary test but it proves the behaviour to validate <see cref="ShouldNotReturnSharedPoolObjects"/>
+    /// </summary>
+    [Fact]
+    public void SharedPoolShouldReturnSameValue()
+    {
+        var pool = MemoryPool<byte>.Shared;
+        int length;
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(1024))
+        {
+            length = memoryOwner.Memory.Length;
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0] = 1;
+        }
+
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(1024))
+        {
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(length);
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0].Should().Be(1);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShouldNotReturnSharedPoolObjects()
+    {
+        var pool = MemoryPool<byte>.Shared;
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(1024))
+        {
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(1024);
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0] = 1;
+        }
+        
+        pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, 2048);
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(1024))
+        {
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(1024);
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Span[0].Should().Be(0);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void CanBorrowMaxLengthArray()
+    {
+        var pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, Constants.MaxReadBufferSize);
+        
+        // 2146435071 is the max length of an array in .NET
+        using (var memoryOwner = pool.Rent(2146435071))
+        {
+            // when returned to the pool, as it exceeds the max size of the pool, it will be discarded
+            memoryOwner.Memory.Length.Should().Be(2146435071);
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ShouldNotStoreLargerThanMaxReadBufferSize()
+    {
+        var pool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(1024, 1024);
+
+        using (var memory = pool.Rent(1025))
+        {
+            memory.Memory.Length.Should().Be(1025);
+            memory.Memory.Span[0] = 1;
+        }
+
+        using (var memory = pool.Rent(1025))
+        {
+            memory.Memory.Length.Should().Be(1025);
+            memory.Memory.Span[0].Should().Be(0);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/TestDriverContext.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/TestDriverContext.cs
index ec6e54466..5cba8fe7c 100644
--- a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/TestDriverContext.cs
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver.Tests/TestDriverContext.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ internal static class TestDriverContext
 {
     static TestDriverContext()
     {
-        MockContext = new DriverContext(new Uri("bolt://localhost:7687"), AuthTokenManagers.None, new Config());
+        MockContext = new DriverContext(new Uri("bolt://localhost:7687"), AuthTokenManagers.None,
+            new ConfigBuilder(new Config()).Build());
     }
 
     public static DriverContext MockContext { get; }
diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPool.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPool.cs
index 20c92fcc8..91aaf7365 100644
--- a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPool.cs
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Internal/Util/PipeReaderMemoryPool.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Buffers;
+using Neo4j.Driver.Internal.IO;
 
 namespace Neo4j.Driver.Internal.Util;
 
@@ -25,11 +26,11 @@ internal sealed class PipeReaderMemoryPool : MemoryPool<byte>
 {
     private readonly int _defaultSize;
     private readonly ArrayPool<byte> _pool;
-
-    public PipeReaderMemoryPool(int defaultSize)
+    
+    public PipeReaderMemoryPool(int defaultBufferSize, int maxPooledBufferSize)
     {
-        _defaultSize = defaultSize;
-        _pool = ArrayPool<byte>.Create();
+        _defaultSize = defaultBufferSize;
+        _pool = ArrayPool<byte>.Create(maxPooledBufferSize, 64);
     }
 
     public override int MaxBufferSize => int.MaxValue;
diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/Config.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/Config.cs
index 704d0d152..e6df52818 100644
--- a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/Config.cs
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/Config.cs
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ public int MaxIdleConnectionPoolSize
     /// <summary>
     /// The configuration for the driver's underlying message reading from the network.
     /// </summary>
-    public MessageReaderConfig MessageReaderConfig { get; internal set; } = new();
+    public MessageReaderConfig MessageReaderConfig { get; internal set; }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
@@ -247,14 +247,17 @@ public sealed class MessageReaderConfig
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Constructs a new instance of <see cref="MessageReaderConfig"/>.<br/>
-    /// The configuration for the driver's underlying message reading from the network.
+    /// The configuration for the driver's underlying message reading from the network.<br/>
+    /// Using this constructor overrides the <see cref="Config.DefaultReadBufferSize"/> and <see cref="Config.MaxReadBufferSize"/>.
     /// </summary>
     /// <param name="memoryPool">The memory pool for creating buffers when reading messages. The PipeReader will borrow
     /// memory from the pool of at least ReadBufferSize size. The message reader can request larger memory blocks to
     /// host an entire message. User code can provide an implementation for monitoring; by default, the driver will
     /// allocate a new array pool that does not take advantage of shared memory pools.</param>
-    /// <param name="minBufferSize">The minimum buffer size to use when renting memory from the pool. The default value
-    /// is 65,539.</param>
+    /// <param name="minBufferSize">The minimum buffer size to use when renting memory from the pool.
+    /// <br/>The default value is 32,768.</param>
+    /// <param name="maxPooledBufferSize">The maximum buffer size to use when renting memory from neo4j's default pool.
+    /// <br/>The default is 131,072.</param>
     /// <seealso cref="PipeReader"/>
     /// <seealso cref="MemoryPool{T}"/>
     /// <seealso cref="StreamPipeReaderOptions"/>
@@ -263,20 +266,51 @@ public sealed class MessageReaderConfig
     /// the <paramref name="memoryPool"/>, this should only be used when there is complete trust over the usage of
     /// shared memory buffers in the application as other components may be using the same memory pool.
     /// </remarks>
-    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">If <paramref name="minBufferSize"/>is less than 1.</exception>
-    public MessageReaderConfig(MemoryPool<byte> memoryPool = null, int minBufferSize = -1)
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// The <paramref name="memoryPool"/> will define it's own maximum pooled buffer size, but must be able to provide
+    /// an memory object upto the limit 2146435071 bytes. The <paramref name="maxPooledBufferSize"/> will not be observed
+    /// when the <paramref name="memoryPool"/> is passed..
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Note using a small value for <paramref name="minBufferSize"/> could cause a degradation in performance.
+    /// </remarks>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
+    /// If <paramref name="minBufferSize"/>is less than 1 or greater than 2146435071
+    /// </exception>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentOutOfRangeException">
+    /// If <paramref name="maxPooledBufferSize"/> is less than <paramref name="minBufferSize"/> or greater than 2146435071
+    /// </exception>
+    public MessageReaderConfig(MemoryPool<byte> memoryPool = null, int minBufferSize = -1, int maxPooledBufferSize = -1)
     {
-        if (minBufferSize is < -1 or 0)
+        const int maxArrayLength = 2146435071;
+        if (minBufferSize is < -1 or 0 or > maxArrayLength)
         {
-            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(minBufferSize));
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(minBufferSize), minBufferSize,
+                "Minimum buffer size must be between 1 and 2146435071, leave as -1 to use default.");
         }
-
+        MinBufferSize = minBufferSize == -1 ? Constants.DefaultReadBufferSize : MinBufferSize;
+        if (maxPooledBufferSize != -1 && (maxPooledBufferSize < MinBufferSize || maxPooledBufferSize > maxArrayLength))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(
+                nameof(maxPooledBufferSize),
+                maxPooledBufferSize,
+                $"Max pooled buffer size buffer size must be greater than minBufferSize({MinBufferSize}), leave as -1 to use default.");
+        }
+        
         DisablePipelinedMessageReader = false;
-        MinBufferSize = minBufferSize == -1 ? 65_535 + 4 : minBufferSize;
-        MemoryPool = memoryPool ?? new PipeReaderMemoryPool(MinBufferSize);
+        MemoryPool = memoryPool ?? new PipeReaderMemoryPool(MinBufferSize,
+            maxPooledBufferSize == -1 ? Constants.MaxReadBufferSize : maxPooledBufferSize);
         StreamPipeReaderOptions = new(MemoryPool, MinBufferSize, leaveOpen: true);
     }
 
+    internal MessageReaderConfig(Config config)
+    {
+        DisablePipelinedMessageReader = false;
+        MinBufferSize = config.DefaultReadBufferSize;
+        MemoryPool = new PipeReaderMemoryPool(config.DefaultReadBufferSize, config.MaxReadBufferSize);
+        StreamPipeReaderOptions = new(MemoryPool, config.DefaultReadBufferSize, leaveOpen: true);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// As of 5.15, the driver has migrated the underlying message reading mechanism utilizing <see cref="PipeReader"/>;
     /// this optimizes the reading and memory usage of the driver, and setting this to true will revert the driver to
diff --git a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/ConfigBuilder.cs b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/ConfigBuilder.cs
index 1ce8d4cd3..062d9db1f 100644
--- a/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/ConfigBuilder.cs
+++ b/Neo4j.Driver/Neo4j.Driver/Public/ConfigBuilder.cs
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ internal ConfigBuilder(Config config)
     /// <returns>A <see cref="Config"/> instance.</returns>
     internal Config Build()
     {
+        // Initialize the message reader config with internal constructor, it can read the default and max read buffer
+        // sizes. if users have configured a message reader config we will use that instead.
+        _config.MessageReaderConfig ??= new MessageReaderConfig(_config);
         return _config;
     }