diff --git a/protocol/cmd/dydxprotocold/cmd/config.go b/protocol/cmd/dydxprotocold/cmd/config.go
index 422b37a9c6..a51a3ee19a 100644
--- a/protocol/cmd/dydxprotocold/cmd/config.go
+++ b/protocol/cmd/dydxprotocold/cmd/config.go
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ func initTendermintConfig() *tmcfg.Config {
 	// goroutine profiling showed that we were using exactly 900 threads (the default) which was throttling
 	// the maximum amount of load that the process could take. As of the last load test, at max QPS we were
 	// seeing ~1700 threads being used.
-	cfg.RPC.MaxOpenConnections = 4000
-	cfg.RPC.GRPCMaxOpenConnections = 4000
+	cfg.RPC.MaxOpenConnections = 8000
+	cfg.RPC.GRPCMaxOpenConnections = 8000
 
 	// Mempool config.
 	// We specifically are using a number greater than max QPS (currently set at 5000) * ShortBlockWindow to prevent