diff --git a/src/kernel/caches.h b/src/kernel/caches.h
index 63bb44c54b5..aa3214e5df7 100644
--- a/src/kernel/caches.h
+++ b/src/kernel/caches.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 //! Suggested default amount of cache reserved for the kernel (bytes)
 static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_KERNEL_CACHE{450_MiB};
 //! Default LevelDB write batch size
-static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_DB_CACHE_BATCH{16_MiB};
+static constexpr size_t DEFAULT_DB_CACHE_BATCH{32_MiB};
 
 //! Max memory allocated to block tree DB specific cache (bytes)
 static constexpr size_t MAX_BLOCK_DB_CACHE{2_MiB};