diff --git a/wire/msgcfilter.go b/wire/msgcfilter.go
index c9ce378a4..f4ea010d6 100644
--- a/wire/msgcfilter.go
+++ b/wire/msgcfilter.go
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ const (
 
 const (
 	// MaxCFilterDataSize is the maximum byte size of a committed filter.
-	// The maximum size is currently defined as 256KiB.
-	MaxCFilterDataSize = 256 * 1024
+	// The maximum size is currently defined as 2MiB.
+	MaxCFilterDataSize = 2 * 1024 * 1024
 )
 
 // MsgCFilter implements the Message interface and represents a bitcoin cfilter