diff --git a/lib/getstream_ruby/configuration.rb b/lib/getstream_ruby/configuration.rb
index c3e5857..5130f90 100644
--- a/lib/getstream_ruby/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/getstream_ruby/configuration.rb
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ def assign_timeouts_and_pool(options, use_env:)
       if use_env
         env_request_timeout = ENV.fetch('STREAM_REQUEST_TIMEOUT', nil) || ENV.fetch('STREAM_TIMEOUT', nil)
         @request_timeout = (request_timeout || timeout || env_request_timeout || 30).to_i
-        @max_conns_per_host = (max_conns_per_host || ENV.fetch('STREAM_MAX_CONNS_PER_HOST', nil) || 5).to_i
+        @max_conns_per_host = (max_conns_per_host || ENV.fetch('STREAM_MAX_CONNS_PER_HOST', nil) || 100).to_i
         # 25s sits under GCP SSL-proxy idle (~30s) and AWS ALB idle (60s) so
         # net_http_persistent drops the conn before the LB does (CHA-4943).
         @idle_timeout = (idle_timeout || ENV.fetch('STREAM_IDLE_TIMEOUT', nil) || 25).to_i
         @connect_timeout = (connect_timeout || ENV.fetch('STREAM_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', nil) || 10).to_i
       else
         @request_timeout = (request_timeout || timeout || 30).to_i
-        @max_conns_per_host = (max_conns_per_host || 5).to_i
+        @max_conns_per_host = (max_conns_per_host || 100).to_i
         @idle_timeout = (idle_timeout || 25).to_i
         @connect_timeout = (connect_timeout || 10).to_i
       end
diff --git a/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb b/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
index e30da57..4321273 100644
--- a/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/connection_pooling_spec.rb
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ def capture_adapter_call
 
     end
 
-    it 'passes pool_size=5 to the net_http_persistent adapter' do
+    it 'passes pool_size=100 to the net_http_persistent adapter' do
 
       captured = capture_adapter_call { GetStreamRuby.manual(api_key: 'k', api_secret: 's') }
       expect(captured[:args].first).to eq(:net_http_persistent)
-      expect(captured[:kwargs]).to include(pool_size: 5)
+      expect(captured[:kwargs]).to include(pool_size: 100)
 
     end
 
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ def capture_adapter_call
       expect(info_lines.size).to eq(1)
       line = info_lines.first
       expect(line).to include('client.initialized')
-      expect(line).to include('stream.client.max_conns_per_host=5')
+      expect(line).to include('stream.client.max_conns_per_host=100')
       expect(line).to include('stream.client.idle_timeout_seconds=25')
       expect(line).to include('stream.client.connect_timeout_seconds=10')
       expect(line).to include('stream.client.request_timeout_seconds=30')
diff --git a/spec/getstream_ruby_spec.rb b/spec/getstream_ruby_spec.rb
index 0437ad7..1fa1d40 100644
--- a/spec/getstream_ruby_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/getstream_ruby_spec.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       expect(client.configuration.faraday_adapter).to be_nil
       expect(client.configuration.faraday_adapter_options).to eq({})
       expect(client.configuration.connection_keep_alive).to eq(true)
-      expect(client.configuration.max_conns_per_host).to eq(5)
+      expect(client.configuration.max_conns_per_host).to eq(100)
       expect(client.configuration.idle_timeout).to eq(25)
       expect(client.configuration.connect_timeout).to eq(10)
       expect(client.configuration.request_timeout).to eq(30)