diff --git a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
index d8594b85c93..822fe86cb91 100644
--- a/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
+++ b/quickwit/quickwit-config/src/node_config/mod.rs
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ impl Default for SearcherConfig {
             split_cache: None,
             request_timeout_secs: Self::default_request_timeout_secs(),
             storage_timeout_policy: None,
-            warmup_memory_budget: ByteSize::gb(10),
+            warmup_memory_budget: ByteSize::gb(100),
             warmup_single_split_initial_allocation: ByteSize::gb(1),
         }
     }