diff --git a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/CachedStreamOutput.java b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/CachedStreamOutput.java
index 708b3446c53..9717c7a8cd9 100644
--- a/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/CachedStreamOutput.java
+++ b/modules/elasticsearch/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/common/io/stream/CachedStreamOutput.java
@@ -101,8 +101,8 @@ public class CachedStreamOutput {
 
     private static final SoftWrapper<Queue<Entry>> cache = new SoftWrapper<Queue<Entry>>();
     private static final AtomicInteger counter = new AtomicInteger();
-    private static final int BYTES_LIMIT = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // don't cache entries that are bigger than that...
-    private static final int COUNT_LIMIT = 100;
+    public static int BYTES_LIMIT = 10 * 1024 * 1024; // don't cache entries that are bigger than that...
+    public static int COUNT_LIMIT = 100;
 
     public static void clear() {
         cache.clear();