diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/Blob.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/Blob.java
index 47211feee0..6c6e17c660 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/Blob.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hpsf/Blob.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndianInput;
 public class Blob {
 
     //arbitrarily selected; may need to increase
-    private static final int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 1_000_000;
+    private static final int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 10_000_000;
 
     private byte[] _value;