diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/otel-increase-queue-max-batch-size.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/otel-increase-queue-max-batch-size.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6936adcf7615
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/otel-increase-queue-max-batch-size.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: "**Opentelemetry**: increase queue max batch size to 200"
+type: performance
+scope: Plugin
diff --git a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/schema.lua b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/schema.lua
index 26e3be2a9a01..2f2552c4a2f5 100644
--- a/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/schema.lua
+++ b/kong/plugins/opentelemetry/schema.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ return {
         { resource_attributes = resource_attributes },
         { batch_span_count = { type = "integer" } },
         { batch_flush_delay = { type = "integer" } },
-        { queue = typedefs.queue },
+        { queue = typedefs.queue {
+          default = {
+            max_batch_size = 200,
+          },
+        } },
         { connect_timeout = typedefs.timeout { default = 1000 } },
         { send_timeout = typedefs.timeout { default = 5000 } },
         { read_timeout = typedefs.timeout { default = 5000 } },