diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/tests/portals.rs b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/tests/portals.rs
index d1b0ab9d1e6..b4c4df9bc63 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/tests/portals.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_api/tests/portals.rs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ fn portal_low_bandwidth_connection_keep_working_for_60s() {
     // ┌────────┐     ┌───────────┐        ┌────────┐
     // │  Node  └─────►    TCP    └────────►  Node  │
     // │   1    ◄─────┐Passthrough◄────────┐   2    │
-    // └────┬───┘     │  64KB/s   │        └────▲───┘
+    // └────┬───┘     │  128KB/s  │        └────▲───┘
     //      │         └───────────┘             │
     //      │         ┌───────────┐             │
     //      │ Portal  │   TCP     │      Outlet │
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ fn portal_low_bandwidth_connection_keep_working_for_60s() {
 
             let passthrough_server_handle = start_passthrough_server(
                 &second_node_listen_address.to_string(),
-                Disruption::LimitBandwidth(64 * 1024),
-                Disruption::LimitBandwidth(64 * 1024),
+                Disruption::LimitBandwidth(128 * 1024),
+                Disruption::LimitBandwidth(128 * 1024),
             )
             .await;
 
diff --git a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/src/portal/portal_message.rs b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/src/portal/portal_message.rs
index 6c2ba0fb5b0..08e04018988 100644
--- a/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/src/portal/portal_message.rs
+++ b/implementations/rust/ockam/ockam_transport_tcp/src/portal/portal_message.rs
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ pub enum PortalInternalMessage {
 }
 
 /// Maximum allowed size for a payload
-pub const MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE: usize = 48 * 1024;
+pub const MAX_PAYLOAD_SIZE: usize = 96 * 1024;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {