diff --git a/ethers-middleware/src/gas_escalator/mod.rs b/ethers-middleware/src/gas_escalator/mod.rs
index 948e3928c..14bfdaf49 100644
--- a/ethers-middleware/src/gas_escalator/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-middleware/src/gas_escalator/mod.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use ethers_providers::{interval, FromErr, Middleware, PendingTransaction, Stream
 #[cfg(not(target_arch = "wasm32"))]
 use tokio::spawn;
 
-const RANDOM_TX_DROP_TRESHOLD: u64 = 3;
+const RANDOM_TX_DROP_TRESHOLD: u64 = 7;
 
 pub type ToEscalate = Arc<Mutex<Vec<MonitoredTransaction>>>;