diff --git a/src/resources-packaged/config/properties-base.xml b/src/resources-packaged/config/properties-base.xml
index 00811951a1..dff29387f6 100644
--- a/src/resources-packaged/config/properties-base.xml
+++ b/src/resources-packaged/config/properties-base.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <!-- Global properties -->
     <property as="xs:anyURI"  name="oxf.log4j-config"                                value="oxf:/config/log4j.xml"/>
     <property as="xs:integer" name="oxf.cache.size"                                  value="1000"/>
-    <property as="xs:integer" name="oxf.cache.xpath.size"                            value="2000"/>
+    <property as="xs:integer" name="oxf.cache.xpath.size"                            value="5000"/>
     <property as="xs:boolean" name="oxf.sax.inspection"                              value="false"/>
     <property as="xs:boolean" name="oxf.resources.versioned"                         value="false"/>
     <property as="xs:string"  name="oxf.resources.version-number"                    value="3.1415"/>