diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 570be9a..8ab5c43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 * (bug) Properly handle `DispatchAfterRunTask`.
 * (improvement) Add `task_manager_internals` transport for internal messages.
+* (improvement) Increase default number of handled tasks in `run-worker` command.
 
 
 2.3.0
diff --git a/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php b/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php
index 6982e60..9f9d545 100644
--- a/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php
+++ b/src/Command/RunWorkerCommand.php
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ public function execute (InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output) : int
 			'--memory-limit' => $input->getOption("memory-limit"),
 		]);
 
-		// if no limits are set, default to 5 messages
+		// if no limits are set, default to 10 messages
 		if (empty($limits))
 		{
-			$limits["--limit"] = 5;
+			$limits["--limit"] = 10;
 		}
 
 		$messengerConsumeArguments = new ArrayInput(array_filter([