diff --git a/swarm/api/config_test.go b/swarm/api/config_test.go
index 96f112f4bd..ad0f6aab5a 100644
--- a/swarm/api/config_test.go
+++ b/swarm/api/config_test.go
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ var (
     "CallInterval": 3000000000,
     "KadDbPath": "` + filepath.Join("TMPDIR", "0d2f62485607cf38d9d795d93682a517661e513e", "bzz-peers.json") + `",
     "MaxProx": 8,
-    "ProxBinSize": 4,
-    "BucketSize": 3,
+    "ProxBinSize": 2,
+    "BucketSize": 4,
     "PurgeInterval": 151200000000000,
     "InitialRetryInterval": 42000000,
     "MaxIdleInterval": 4200000000,
diff --git a/swarm/network/kademlia/kademlia.go b/swarm/network/kademlia/kademlia.go
index 92f24b512b..08cc39aa31 100644
--- a/swarm/network/kademlia/kademlia.go
+++ b/swarm/network/kademlia/kademlia.go
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	bucketSize   = 3
-	proxBinSize  = 4
+	bucketSize   = 4
+	proxBinSize  = 2
 	maxProx      = 8
 	connRetryExp = 2
 	maxPeers     = 100