diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b94483c42c6f4..25aac0ba9e4b8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Add logic in master service to optimize performance and retain detailed logging for critical cluster operations. ([#14795](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14795))
 - Add Setting to adjust the primary constraint weights ([#16471](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16471))
 - Switch from `buildSrc/version.properties` to Gradle version catalog (`gradle/libs.versions.toml`) to enable dependabot to perform automated upgrades on common libs ([#16284](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16284))
+- Increase segrep pressure checkpoint default limit to 10 ([#16577](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16577/files))
 - Add dynamic setting allowing size > 0 requests to be cached in the request cache ([#16483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16483/files))
 
 ### Dependencies
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
index 297fe093f7f4e..0b48ff470f8ee 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class SegmentReplicationPressureService implements Closeable {
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> MAX_INDEXING_CHECKPOINTS = Setting.intSetting(
         "segrep.pressure.checkpoint.limit",
-        4,
+        10,
         1,
         Setting.Property.Dynamic,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope