diff --git a/src/rest.h b/src/rest.h
index 58d25c7..b8e4500 100644
--- a/src/rest.h
+++ b/src/rest.h
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ enum og_cmd_type {
 	OG_CMD_MAX
 };
 
-#define OG_MSG_REQUEST_MAXLEN	65536
+#define OG_MSG_REQUEST_MAXLEN	131072
 
 struct og_client {
 	struct list_head	list;
diff --git a/tests/units/test_0014_big_request.py b/tests/units/test_0014_big_request.py
index 48f0cb2..2d9d861 100644
--- a/tests/units/test_0014_big_request.py
+++ b/tests/units/test_0014_big_request.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import requests
 import unittest
 
-MAX_REQ_SIZE = 65536
+MAX_REQ_SIZE = 131072
 
 class TestBigRequest(unittest.TestCase):