diff --git a/packages/api/.env.example b/packages/api/.env.example
index 5e8f59fd64..e9a1ce6464 100644
--- a/packages/api/.env.example
+++ b/packages/api/.env.example
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ METRICS_PORT=3005
 COLLECT_DB_CONNECTION_POOL_METRICS_INTERVAL=10000
 PORT=3020
 LOG_LEVEL=debug
-LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS=100000
+LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS=10000
+API_LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS=1000
 DISABLE_API_SCHEMA_DOCS=false
 DISABLE_BFF_API_SCHEMA_DOCS=false
 DISABLE_EXTERNAL_API=false
diff --git a/packages/api/.env.test b/packages/api/.env.test
index 3566e2364e..d4d855e2d6 100644
--- a/packages/api/.env.test
+++ b/packages/api/.env.test
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ DATABASE_URL='postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/block-explorer-e2e'
 METRICS_PORT=3005
 PORT=3007
 LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS=15
+API_LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS=15
 CONTRACT_VERIFICATION_API_URL=http://verification.api
diff --git a/packages/api/src/api/dtos/common/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts b/packages/api/src/api/dtos/common/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
index 6341f34c2d..db85df611e 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/api/dtos/common/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/api/dtos/common/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { PagingOptionsDto } from "./pagingOptions.dto";
 import { config } from "dotenv";
 config();
 
-const maxItemsLimit = parseInt(process.env.LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS, 10) || 10000;
+const maxItemsLimit = parseInt(process.env.API_LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS, 10) || 1000;
 
 export class PagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimitDto extends PagingOptionsDto {
   @ApiPropertyOptional({
diff --git a/packages/api/src/common/dtos/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts b/packages/api/src/common/dtos/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
index a1ac934035..dd5f8607c8 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/common/dtos/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/common/dtos/pagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimit.dto.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { PagingOptionsDto } from "./pagingOptions.dto";
 import { config } from "dotenv";
 config();
 
-const maxItemsLimit = parseInt(process.env.LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS, 10) || 100000;
+const maxItemsLimit = parseInt(process.env.LIMITED_PAGINATION_MAX_ITEMS, 10) || 10000;
 
 export class PagingOptionsWithMaxItemsLimitDto extends PagingOptionsDto {
   @ApiPropertyOptional({