diff --git a/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java b/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
index fdeeaec..c9bfdbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/viaversion/aas/codec/CompressionCodec.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 public class CompressionCodec extends MessageToMessageCodec<ByteBuf, ByteBuf> {
 	// stolen from Krypton (GPL) and modified
 	// https://github.com/astei/krypton/blob/master/src/main/java/me/steinborn/krypton/mod/shared/network/compression/MinecraftCompressEncoder.java
-	private static final int VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 2 * 1024 * 1024; // 2MiB
+	private static final int VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 8 * 1024 * 1024; // 8MiB
 	private static final int HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE = 16 * 1024 * 1024; // 16MiB
 	private static final int UNCOMPRESSED_CAP = java.lang.Boolean.getBoolean("velocity.increased-compression-cap") ? HARD_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE : VANILLA_MAXIMUM_UNCOMPRESSED_SIZE;
 	private final int threshold;