diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/kong/optimize_keepalive_parameters.yml b/changelog/unreleased/kong/optimize_keepalive_parameters.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..49ec8baf6d4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/kong/optimize_keepalive_parameters.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+message: Bumped default values of `nginx_http_keepalive_requests` and `upstream_keepalive_max_requests` to `10000`.
+type: performance
+scope: Configuration
diff --git a/kong.conf.default b/kong.conf.default
index 40c7e24179e1..6fb9379f5a17 100644
--- a/kong.conf.default
+++ b/kong.conf.default
@@ -1137,7 +1137,7 @@
                                                 # It is recommended to set it to at least (number of regex paths * 2)
                                                 # to avoid high CPU usages.
 
-#nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 1000  # Sets the maximum number of client requests that can be served through one
+#nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 10000 # Sets the maximum number of client requests that can be served through one
                                        # keep-alive connection. After the maximum number of requests are made,
                                        # the connection is closed.
                                        # Closing connections periodically is necessary to free per-connection
diff --git a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
index fb4bb3110aef..a259b6acdf76 100644
--- a/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
+++ b/kong/templates/kong_defaults.lua
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ headers = server_tokens, latency_tokens
 trusted_ips = NONE
 error_default_type = text/plain
 upstream_keepalive_pool_size = 512
-upstream_keepalive_max_requests = 1000
+upstream_keepalive_max_requests = 10000
 upstream_keepalive_idle_timeout = 60
 allow_debug_header = off
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ nginx_http_ssl_session_tickets = NONE
 nginx_http_ssl_session_timeout = NONE
 nginx_http_lua_regex_match_limit = 100000
 nginx_http_lua_regex_cache_max_entries = 8192
-nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 1000
+nginx_http_keepalive_requests = 10000
 nginx_stream_ssl_protocols = NONE
 nginx_stream_ssl_prefer_server_ciphers = NONE
 nginx_stream_ssl_dhparam = NONE