diff --git a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
index c7e2ce75a6d0a..00f28b9a7e4f7 100644
--- a/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
+++ b/plugin-server/src/config/config.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export function getDefaultConfig(): PluginsServerConfig {
         SESSION_RECORDING_OVERFLOW_BUCKET_CAPACITY: 200_000_000, // 200MB burst
         SESSION_RECORDING_OVERFLOW_MIN_PER_BATCH: 1_000_000, // All sessions consume at least 1MB/batch, to penalise poor batching
         SESSION_RECORDING_KAFKA_CONSUMPTION_STATISTICS_EVENT_INTERVAL_MS: 30_000, // emit stats event once every 30 seconds - DEBUG value, TODO: default should be 0
-        SESSION_RECORDING_KAFKA_FETCH_MIN_BYTES: 1024, // 1KB
+        SESSION_RECORDING_KAFKA_FETCH_MIN_BYTES: 1_048_576, // 1MB
         // CDP
         CDP_WATCHER_OBSERVATION_PERIOD: 10000,
         CDP_WATCHER_DISABLED_PERIOD: 1000 * 60 * 10,