diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index be449358..0d21854b 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 LIST OF CHANGES
 
+release 97.0.1
+ - update httpd.conf with new values for mpm event
+
 release 97.0.0
  - Change CI workflow to standard file name
  - Change to Perl versions from Perlbrew
diff --git a/wtsi_local/httpd.conf b/wtsi_local/httpd.conf
index 97f937e5..521bdf6f 100644
--- a/wtsi_local/httpd.conf
+++ b/wtsi_local/httpd.conf
@@ -155,13 +155,18 @@ Group ${APACHE_RUN_GROUP}
 </IfModule>
 
 <IfModule mpm_event_module>
-    StartServers            5
-    MinSpareThreads         5
-    MaxSpareThreads        10
-    ServerLimit            50
-    ThreadsPerChild         1
-    MaxRequestWorkers      50
-    MaxConnectionsPerChild 50
+    KeepAlive                On
+    KeepAliveTimeout          5
+    MaxKeepAliveRequests    128
+
+    ServerLimit              15
+    StartServers              5
+    ThreadLimit             128
+    ThreadsPerChild         128
+    MaxRequestWorkers      1280
+    MinSpareThreads         256
+    MaxSpareThreads         512
+    MaxConnectionsPerChild 2048
 </IfModule>