diff --git a/eclair-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/eclair-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 64f6c89d52..5391654602 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/eclair-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ eclair {
     dust-limit-satoshis = 546
     // Starting with anchor outputs channels, the on-chain feerate is not taken into account when trimming outputs.
     // We must thus use a high enough dust limit to ensure that the outputs can economically be spent on-chain.
-    max-remote-dust-limit-satoshis = 10000
+    max-remote-dust-limit-satoshis = 5000
     htlc-minimum-msat = 1
     // The following parameters apply to each HTLC direction (incoming or outgoing), which means that the maximum amount in flight will be at most twice what is set here.
     // Note that our peer may use a lower value than ours, which would reduce the maximum amount in flight.