diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/struts.properties b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/struts.properties
index 643ba372f..0569303ea 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/struts.properties
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/src/main/resources/struts.properties
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ struts.freemarker.templatesCache.updateDelay=3600000
 #struts.devMode = true
 struts.configuration.xml.reload=true
 struts.multipart.parser=jakarta
-# 10M default
-struts.multipart.maxSize=10485760
+# 50M default
+struts.multipart.maxSize=50485760
 
 # TODO: package up a theme and share with Continuum. Should contain everything from xhtml, and set templateDir to WEB-INF/themes