diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/AbstractHTTP2ServerConnectionFactory.java b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/AbstractHTTP2ServerConnectionFactory.java
index dca0334d49c..892ca2a9ab7 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/AbstractHTTP2ServerConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-server/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/server/AbstractHTTP2ServerConnectionFactory.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractHTTP2ServerConnectionFactory extends AbstractConne
     private int maxDynamicTableSize = 4096;
     private int initialStreamRecvWindow = FlowControlStrategy.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE;
     private int initialSessionRecvWindow = FlowControlStrategy.DEFAULT_WINDOW_SIZE;
-    private int maxConcurrentStreams = -1;
+    private int maxConcurrentStreams = 128;
     private int maxHeaderBlockFragment = 0;
     private FlowControlStrategy.Factory flowControlStrategyFactory = () -> new BufferingFlowControlStrategy(0.5F);
     private ExecutionStrategy.Factory executionStrategyFactory = new ProduceExecuteConsume.Factory();