diff --git a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/behaviour/mod.rs b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/behaviour/mod.rs
index 61ba855f6a..2a79961094 100644
--- a/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/behaviour/mod.rs
+++ b/beacon_node/lighthouse_network/src/behaviour/mod.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ use types::{
 pub mod gossipsub_scoring_parameters;
 
 /// The number of peers we target per subnet for discovery queries.
-pub const TARGET_SUBNET_PEERS: usize = 2;
+pub const TARGET_SUBNET_PEERS: usize = 6;
 
 const MAX_IDENTIFY_ADDRESSES: usize = 10;