diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/StreamingApiServerService.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/StreamingApiServerService.ts
index a2dafb2ebd..9b8464f705 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/StreamingApiServerService.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/StreamingApiServerService.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export class StreamingApiServerService {
 				return this.rateLimitThis(user, requestIp, {
 					key: 'wsmessage',
 					duration: ms('2sec'),
-					max: 4090,
+					max: 4096,
 				});
 			};
 
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/server/api/stream/Connection.ts b/packages/backend/src/server/api/stream/Connection.ts
index b71a99b89e..7ea92eb797 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/server/api/stream/Connection.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/server/api/stream/Connection.ts
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ export default class Connection {
 		if (this.closingConnection) return;
 
 		if (this.rateLimiter) {
-			if (this.activeRateLimitRequests <= 128) {
+			// this 4096 should match the `max` of the `rateLimiter`, see
+			// StreamingApiServerService
+			if (this.activeRateLimitRequests <= 4096) {
 				this.activeRateLimitRequests++;
 				const shouldRateLimit = await this.rateLimiter();
 				this.activeRateLimitRequests--;