diff --git a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
index b250771f815d..cfc44ded2780 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdds/common/src/main/resources/ozone-default.xml
@@ -2282,10 +2282,11 @@
 
   <property>
     <name>ozone.om.fs.snapshot.max.limit</name>
-    <value>1000</value>
+    <value>10000</value>
     <tag>OZONE, OM, MANAGEMENT</tag>
     <description>
       The maximum number of filesystem snapshot allowed in an Ozone Manager.
+      This limit is set to 65000 because the ext4 filesystem limits the number of hard links per file to 65,000.
     </description>
   </property>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
index 89b6e2a10312..2dc9909222cc 100644
--- a/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
+++ b/hadoop-ozone/common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/ozone/om/OMConfigKeys.java
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ public final class OMConfigKeys {
 
   public static final String OZONE_OM_FS_SNAPSHOT_MAX_LIMIT =
       "ozone.om.fs.snapshot.max.limit";
-  public static final int OZONE_OM_FS_SNAPSHOT_MAX_LIMIT_DEFAULT = 1000;
+  public static final int OZONE_OM_FS_SNAPSHOT_MAX_LIMIT_DEFAULT = 10000;
 
   public static final String OZONE_OM_KERBEROS_KEYTAB_FILE_KEY = "ozone.om."
       + "kerberos.keytab.file";