diff --git a/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/besu.yaml b/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/besu.yaml
index a68551c..7d66e79 100644
--- a/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/besu.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/group_vars/besu.yaml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ besu_container_command_extra_args:
   - --bonsai-historical-block-limit=100000000
   - --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
   - --target-gas-limit=80000000
+  - --rpc-http-max-active-connections=20
+  - --Xhttp-timeout-seconds=600
 besu_container_pull: true
 
 prometheus_config: |
diff --git a/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-super-1.yaml b/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-super-1.yaml
index c76e036..b455186 100644
--- a/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-super-1.yaml
+++ b/ansible/inventories/devnet-2/host_vars/hc-lighthouse-besu-super-1.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ besu_container_command_extra_args:
   - --bonsai-historical-block-limit=100000000
   - --bootnodes={{ ethereum_el_bootnodes | join(',') }}
   - --target-gas-limit=80000000
+  - --rpc-http-max-active-connections=20
+  - --Xhttp-timeout-seconds=600
   - --Xbal-prefetch-reading-enabled=true
   - --Xbal-trust-state-root=true
   - --Xbal-perfect-parallelization-enabled=true