diff --git a/routing/dht/util.go b/routing/dht/util.go
index 2b0c1e2a2..a605759a9 100644
--- a/routing/dht/util.go
+++ b/routing/dht/util.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 var PoolSize = 6
 
 // K is the maximum number of requests to perform before returning failure.
-var KValue = 10
+var KValue = 20
 
 // Alpha is the concurrency factor for asynchronous requests.
 var AlphaValue = 3