diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 60535b2cca895..26ab9aae1b019 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Add logic in master service to optimize performance and retain detailed logging for critical cluster operations. ([#14795](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/14795))
 - Add Setting to adjust the primary constraint weights ([#16471](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16471))
 - Switch from `buildSrc/version.properties` to Gradle version catalog (`gradle/libs.versions.toml`) to enable dependabot to perform automated upgrades on common libs ([#16284](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16284))
+- Increase segrep pressure checkpoint default limit to 30 ([#16577](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16577/files))
 - Add dynamic setting allowing size > 0 requests to be cached in the request cache ([#16483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16483))
 - Make IndexStoreListener a pluggable interface ([#16583](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16583))
+- Add dynamic setting allowing size > 0 requests to be cached in the request cache ([#16483](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16483/files))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `com.azure:azure-storage-common` from 12.25.1 to 12.27.1 ([#16521](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/16521))
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
index 297fe093f7f4e..03b162a9c1755 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureService.java
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class SegmentReplicationPressureService implements Closeable {
 
     public static final Setting<Integer> MAX_INDEXING_CHECKPOINTS = Setting.intSetting(
         "segrep.pressure.checkpoint.limit",
-        4,
+        30,
         1,
         Setting.Property.Dynamic,
         Setting.Property.NodeScope
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureServiceTests.java
index a9725f638cc53..166c0e16bfe8b 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/SegmentReplicationPressureServiceTests.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
 
 import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
+import static org.opensearch.index.SegmentReplicationPressureService.MAX_INDEXING_CHECKPOINTS;
 import static org.opensearch.index.SegmentReplicationPressureService.MAX_REPLICATION_LIMIT_STALE_REPLICA_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.index.SegmentReplicationPressureService.MAX_REPLICATION_TIME_BACKPRESSURE_SETTING;
 import static org.opensearch.index.SegmentReplicationPressureService.SEGMENT_REPLICATION_INDEXING_PRESSURE_ENABLED;
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ public class SegmentReplicationPressureServiceTests extends OpenSearchIndexLevel
         .put(IndexMetadata.SETTING_REPLICATION_TYPE, ReplicationType.SEGMENT)
         .put(SEGMENT_REPLICATION_INDEXING_PRESSURE_ENABLED.getKey(), true)
         .put(MAX_REPLICATION_TIME_BACKPRESSURE_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(5))
+        .put(MAX_INDEXING_CHECKPOINTS.getKey(), 4)
         .build();
 
     public void testIsSegrepLimitBreached() throws Exception {
@@ -200,6 +202,7 @@ public void testFailStaleReplicaTask() throws Exception {
             .put(SEGMENT_REPLICATION_INDEXING_PRESSURE_ENABLED.getKey(), true)
             .put(MAX_REPLICATION_TIME_BACKPRESSURE_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueMillis(10))
             .put(MAX_REPLICATION_LIMIT_STALE_REPLICA_SETTING.getKey(), TimeValue.timeValueMillis(20))
+            .put(MAX_INDEXING_CHECKPOINTS.getKey(), 4)
             .build();
 
         try (ReplicationGroup shards = createGroup(1, settings, new NRTReplicationEngineFactory())) {