diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs b/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
index f1287536aa5..360383088eb 100644
--- a/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
+++ b/zebrad/src/components/sync/downloads.rs
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ type BoxError = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync + 'static>;
 /// the rest of the capacity is reserved for the other queues.
 /// There is no reserved capacity for the syncer queue:
 /// if the other queues stay full, the syncer will eventually time out and reset.
-pub const VERIFICATION_PIPELINE_SCALING_MULTIPLIER: usize = 4;
+pub const VERIFICATION_PIPELINE_SCALING_MULTIPLIER: usize = 5;
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug)]
 pub(super) struct AlwaysHedge;