diff --git a/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs b/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
index ae74b68afd67f..4fa892f8cb867 100644
--- a/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
+++ b/config/src/config/consensus_config.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ impl Default for ConsensusConfig {
             vote_back_pressure_limit: 7,
             min_max_txns_in_block_after_filtering_from_backpressure: MIN_BLOCK_TXNS_AFTER_FILTERING,
             execution_backpressure: Some(ExecutionBackpressureConfig {
-                num_blocks_to_look_at: 12,
+                num_blocks_to_look_at: 20,
                 min_blocks_to_activate: 4,
                 percentile: 0.5,
                 target_block_time_ms: 200,