diff --git a/core/tx_pool.go b/core/tx_pool.go
index 610250b3e..2ee7ad90d 100644
--- a/core/tx_pool.go
+++ b/core/tx_pool.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ var DefaultTxPoolConfig = TxPoolConfig{
 	Rejournal: time.Hour,
 
 	PriceLimit: 3e10, // 30 Gwei/Nano
-	PriceBump:  10,
+	PriceBump:  3,
 
 	AccountSlots: 16,
 	GlobalSlots:  4096,