diff --git a/contrib/seeds/README.md b/contrib/seeds/README.md
index 10945e5b685..eb5d1b49981 100644
--- a/contrib/seeds/README.md
+++ b/contrib/seeds/README.md
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and remove old versions as necessary (at a minimum when SeedsServiceFlags()
 changes its default return value, as those are the services which seeds are added
 to addrman with).
 
+Update `MIN_BLOCKS` in  `makeseeds.py` and the `-m`/`--minblocks` arguments below, as needed.
+
 The seeds compiled into the release are created from sipa's, achow101's and luke-jr's
 DNS seed, virtu's crawler, and asmap community AS map data. Run the following commands
 from the `/contrib/seeds` directory:
diff --git a/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py b/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
index 81c1173877a..a14af15fb2a 100755
--- a/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
+++ b/contrib/seeds/makeseeds.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ MAX_SEEDS_PER_ASN = {
     'ipv6': 10,
 }
 
-MIN_BLOCKS = 840000
+MIN_BLOCKS = 868000
 
 PATTERN_IPV4 = re.compile(r"^((\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})):(\d+)$")
 PATTERN_IPV6 = re.compile(r"^\[([0-9a-z:]+)\]:(\d+)$")