diff --git a/comp/networkpath/npcollector/npcollectorimpl/npcollector_test.go b/comp/networkpath/npcollector/npcollectorimpl/npcollector_test.go
index 871af48905868a..4a0f14e9eb92aa 100644
--- a/comp/networkpath/npcollector/npcollectorimpl/npcollector_test.go
+++ b/comp/networkpath/npcollector/npcollectorimpl/npcollector_test.go
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ func Test_newNpCollectorImpl_defaultConfigs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assert.Equal(t, true, npCollector.collectorConfigs.networkPathCollectorEnabled())
 	assert.Equal(t, 4, npCollector.workers)
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, cap(npCollector.pathtestInputChan))
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, cap(npCollector.pathtestProcessingChan))
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, npCollector.collectorConfigs.pathtestContextsLimit)
+	assert.Equal(t, 1000, cap(npCollector.pathtestInputChan))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1000, cap(npCollector.pathtestProcessingChan))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5000, npCollector.collectorConfigs.pathtestContextsLimit)
 	assert.Equal(t, "default", npCollector.networkDevicesNamespace)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config.go b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
index 2dbcd7472bd84b..28751f3a55cf98 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config.go
@@ -465,9 +465,9 @@ func InitConfig(config pkgconfigmodel.Setup) {
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.workers", 4)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.timeout", DefaultNetworkPathTimeout)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.max_ttl", DefaultNetworkPathMaxTTL)
-	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.input_chan_size", 100000)
-	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.processing_chan_size", 100000)
-	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.pathtest_contexts_limit", 100000)
+	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.input_chan_size", 1000)
+	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.processing_chan_size", 1000)
+	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.pathtest_contexts_limit", 5000)
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.pathtest_ttl", "15m")
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.pathtest_interval", "5m")
 	config.BindEnvAndSetDefault("network_path.collector.flush_interval", "10s")
diff --git a/pkg/config/setup/config_test.go b/pkg/config/setup/config_test.go
index f8b6e17052872b..a5a7ce5de9fbeb 100644
--- a/pkg/config/setup/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/config/setup/config_test.go
@@ -692,9 +692,9 @@ func TestNetworkPathDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 4, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.workers"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 1000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.timeout"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 30, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.max_ttl"))
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.input_chan_size"))
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.processing_chan_size"))
-	assert.Equal(t, 100000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.pathtest_contexts_limit"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.input_chan_size"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 1000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.processing_chan_size"))
+	assert.Equal(t, 5000, config.GetInt("network_path.collector.pathtest_contexts_limit"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 15*time.Minute, config.GetDuration("network_path.collector.pathtest_ttl"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 5*time.Minute, config.GetDuration("network_path.collector.pathtest_interval"))
 	assert.Equal(t, 10*time.Second, config.GetDuration("network_path.collector.flush_interval"))