diff --git a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90HnswVectorsFormat.java b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90HnswVectorsFormat.java
index 4d033eacf62..213e443ba03 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90HnswVectorsFormat.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/java/org/apache/lucene/codecs/lucene90/Lucene90HnswVectorsFormat.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public final class Lucene90HnswVectorsFormat extends KnnVectorsFormat {
   static final int VERSION_CURRENT = VERSION_START;
 
   public static final int DEFAULT_MAX_CONN = 16;
-  public static final int DEFAULT_BEAM_WIDTH = 16;
+  public static final int DEFAULT_BEAM_WIDTH = 100;
 
   /**
    * Controls how many of the nearest neighbor candidates are connected to the new node. Defaults to