diff --git a/dataherald/sql_generator/dataherald_sqlagent.py b/dataherald/sql_generator/dataherald_sqlagent.py
index 05d124b5..fee554a3 100644
--- a/dataherald/sql_generator/dataherald_sqlagent.py
+++ b/dataherald/sql_generator/dataherald_sqlagent.py
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ def create_sql_agent(
         input_variables: List[str] | None = None,
         max_examples: int = 20,
         number_of_instructions: int = 1,
-        max_iterations: int | None = 15,
+        max_iterations: int | None = 18,
         max_execution_time: float | None = None,
         early_stopping_method: str = "force",
         verbose: bool = False,