diff --git a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
index 2528c0fd1..59cb00ea2 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
+++ b/proxy/src/main/java/com/velocitypowered/proxy/protocol/netty/MinecraftCompressDecoder.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class MinecraftCompressDecoder extends MessageToMessageDecoder<ByteBuf> {
           Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.increased-compression-cap")
                   ? HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE : SERVERBOUND_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE;
   private static final boolean SKIP_COMPRESSION_VALIDATION = Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.skip-uncompressed-packet-size-validation");
-  private static final double MAX_COMPRESSION_RATIO = Double.parseDouble(System.getProperty("velocity.max-compression-ratio", "10"));
+  private static final double MAX_COMPRESSION_RATIO = Double.parseDouble(System.getProperty("velocity.max-compression-ratio", "64"));
   private final ProtocolUtils.Direction direction;
 
   private int threshold;