diff --git a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
index 715dca6e8e5..0509efbc6cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/indices/recovery/RecoverySettings.java
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ public class RecoverySettings extends AbstractComponent {
     public RecoverySettings(Settings settings, NodeSettingsService nodeSettingsService) {
         super(settings);
 
-        this.fileChunkSize = componentSettings.getAsBytesSize("file_chunk_size", settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.file_chunk_size", new ByteSizeValue(100, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
+        this.fileChunkSize = componentSettings.getAsBytesSize("file_chunk_size", settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.file_chunk_size", new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
         this.translogOps = componentSettings.getAsInt("translog_ops", settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.translog_ops", 1000));
-        this.translogSize = componentSettings.getAsBytesSize("translog_size", settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.translog_size", new ByteSizeValue(100, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
+        this.translogSize = componentSettings.getAsBytesSize("translog_size", settings.getAsBytesSize("index.shard.recovery.translog_size", new ByteSizeValue(512, ByteSizeUnit.KB)));
         this.compress = componentSettings.getAsBoolean("compress", true);
 
         this.concurrentStreams = componentSettings.getAsInt("concurrent_streams", settings.getAsInt("index.shard.recovery.concurrent_streams", 5));