diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 2bd0d54..4b8fe57 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ memcached_memory: "{{ base_memcached_memory | int // 4 if base_memcached_memory
 memcached_port: 11211
 memcached_listen: "127.0.0.1"
 memcached_log: /var/log/memcached/memcached.log
-memcached_connections: 1024
+memcached_connections: 4096
 memcached_threads: 4
 memcached_file_limits: "{{ memcached_connections | int + 1024 }}"
 
diff --git a/tests/test.yml b/tests/test.yml
index f626b98..721b0c4 100644
--- a/tests/test.yml
+++ b/tests/test.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
           - "'-p 11211' in memcached_proc.stdout"
           - "'-u {{ memcached_user }}' in memcached_proc.stdout"
           - "'-l 127.0.0.1' in memcached_proc.stdout"
-          - "'-c 1024' in memcached_proc.stdout"
+          - "'-c 4096' in memcached_proc.stdout"
           - "'-t 4' in memcached_proc.stdout"
           - "'STAT pid' in memcached_stats.stdout"
   vars_files: