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 a19baab70..6e7fb4d4e 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
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class MinecraftCompressDecoder extends MessageToMessageDecoder<ByteBuf> {
 
   private static final int VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MiB
-  private static final int HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16MiB
+  private static final int HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 128 * 1024 * 1024; // 128MiB
 
   private static final int UNCOMPRESSED_CAP =
       Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.increased-compression-cap")