diff --git a/workhorse/internal/config/config.go b/workhorse/internal/config/config.go
index aa9b7e079dc1e179c625adbbcdbb3d3f3111cde5..5ff68d8fa9b81062da85ba4eb84648d25db9bdd4 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/config/config.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/config/config.go
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ var DefaultCircuitBreakerConfig = CircuitBreakerConfig{
 	Timeout:             60,
 	Interval:            180,
 	MaxRequests:         1,
-	ConsecutiveFailures: 5,
+	ConsecutiveFailures: 10,
 }
 
 // NewDefaultConfig creates a new configuration with default values
diff --git a/workhorse/internal/config/config_test.go b/workhorse/internal/config/config_test.go
index 58faacaded7c45c9b9f374e7abc1f76e8b56558f..4c6affdc3c3e4a47229e25deb46828b49b163321 100644
--- a/workhorse/internal/config/config_test.go
+++ b/workhorse/internal/config/config_test.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ enabled = true
 timeout = 90
 interval = 360
 max_requests = 2
-consecutive_failures = 10
+consecutive_failures = 8
 `
 
 	cfg, err := LoadConfig(config)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ consecutive_failures = 10
 		Timeout:             90,
 		Interval:            360,
 		MaxRequests:         2,
-		ConsecutiveFailures: 10,
+		ConsecutiveFailures: 8,
 	}
 
 	require.Equal(t, expected, cfg.CircuitBreakerConfig)