diff --git a/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs b/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
index 84dfa5a83e..730d0b3315 100644
--- a/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/daft-parquet/src/file.rs
@@ -313,10 +313,9 @@ pub struct ParquetFileReader {
 
 impl ParquetFileReader {
     const DEFAULT_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 2048;
-    // Set to a very high number 256MB to guard against unbounded large
-    // downloads from remote storage, which likely indicates corrupted Parquet data
-    // See: https://github.com/Eventual-Inc/Daft/issues/1551
-    const MAX_HEADER_SIZE: usize = 256 * 1024 * 1024;
+    // Set to 2GB because that's the maximum size of strings allowable by Parquet (using i32 offsets).
+    // See issue: https://github.com/Eventual-Inc/Daft/issues/3007
+    const MAX_PAGE_SIZE: usize = 2 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     fn new(
         uri: String,
@@ -473,7 +472,7 @@ impl ParquetFileReader {
                                             range_reader,
                                             vec![],
                                             Arc::new(|_, _| true),
-                                            Self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE,
+                                            Self::MAX_PAGE_SIZE,
                                         )
                                         .with_context(
                                             |_| UnableToCreateParquetPageStreamSnafu::<String> {
@@ -638,7 +637,7 @@ impl ParquetFileReader {
                                         range_reader,
                                         vec![],
                                         Arc::new(|_, _| true),
-                                        Self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE,
+                                        Self::MAX_PAGE_SIZE,
                                     )
                                     .with_context(|_| {
                                         UnableToCreateParquetPageStreamSnafu::<String> {
@@ -821,7 +820,7 @@ impl ParquetFileReader {
                                         range_reader,
                                         vec![],
                                         Arc::new(|_, _| true),
-                                        Self::MAX_HEADER_SIZE,
+                                        Self::MAX_PAGE_SIZE,
                                     )
                                     .with_context(|_| {
                                         UnableToCreateParquetPageStreamSnafu::<String> {
diff --git a/src/parquet2/src/read/page/stream.rs b/src/parquet2/src/read/page/stream.rs
index 25fb0fe6fc..523fc335b6 100644
--- a/src/parquet2/src/read/page/stream.rs
+++ b/src/parquet2/src/read/page/stream.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ pub async fn get_page_stream_from_column_start<'a, R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send>(
     reader: &'a mut R,
     scratch: Vec<u8>,
     pages_filter: PageFilter,
-    max_header_size: usize,
+    max_page_size: usize,
 ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<CompressedPage>> + 'a> {
     let page_metadata: PageMetaData = column_metadata.into();
     Ok(_get_page_stream(
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub async fn get_page_stream_from_column_start<'a, R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send>(
         page_metadata.descriptor,
         scratch,
         pages_filter,
-        max_header_size,
+        max_page_size,
     ))
 }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub fn get_owned_page_stream_from_column_start<R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send>(
     reader: R,
     scratch: Vec<u8>,
     pages_filter: PageFilter,
-    max_header_size: usize,
+    max_page_size: usize,
 ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<CompressedPage>>> {
     let page_metadata: PageMetaData = column_metadata.into();
     Ok(_get_owned_page_stream(
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn get_owned_page_stream_from_column_start<R: AsyncRead + Unpin + Send>(
         page_metadata.descriptor,
         scratch,
         pages_filter,
-        max_header_size,
+        max_page_size,
     ))
 }