diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
index ab96b22dd..6900aa348 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/config/config.go
@@ -736,7 +736,7 @@ func NewDefault() Configuration {
 		UseGeoIP2:                        false,
 		WorkerProcesses:                  strconv.Itoa(runtime.NumCPU()),
 		WorkerShutdownTimeout:            "240s",
-		VariablesHashBucketSize:          128,
+		VariablesHashBucketSize:          256,
 		VariablesHashMaxSize:             2048,
 		UseHTTP2:                         true,
 		ProxyStreamTimeout:               "600s",