diff --git a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_export.rs b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_export.rs
index 2062e1c28..10d5cc11b 100644
--- a/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_export.rs
+++ b/crates/index-scheduler/src/scheduler/process_export.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ impl IndexScheduler {
                 },
             );
 
-            let limit = payload_size.map(|ps| ps.as_u64() as usize).unwrap_or(50 * 1024 * 1024); // defaults to 50 MiB
+            let limit = payload_size.map(|ps| ps.as_u64() as usize).unwrap_or(20 * 1024 * 1024); // defaults to 20 MiB
             let documents_url = format!("{base_url}/indexes/{uid}/documents");
 
             request_threads()