diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5a4c6681d..62e931df3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
 * lmdb: use `EventBorrow` instead of `DatabaseEvent` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * ndb: refactor note-to-event conversion ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 * relay-builder: refactor shutdown mechanism to use `Notify` over `broadcast` ([Yuki Kishimoto])
+* relay-builder: increase default max REQs to 500 ([Yuki Kishimoto])
 
 ### Added
 
diff --git a/crates/nostr-relay-builder/src/builder.rs b/crates/nostr-relay-builder/src/builder.rs
index b8d152a76..625a1afed 100644
--- a/crates/nostr-relay-builder/src/builder.rs
+++ b/crates/nostr-relay-builder/src/builder.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct RateLimit {
 impl Default for RateLimit {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
-            max_reqs: 20,
+            max_reqs: 500,
             notes_per_minute: 60,
         }
     }