diff --git a/sn_networking/src/driver.rs b/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
index daddd192f1..442719ea6d 100644
--- a/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
+++ b/sn_networking/src/driver.rs
@@ -362,7 +362,12 @@ impl NetworkBuilder {
 
         // Gossipsub behaviour
         // set default parameters for gossipsub
-        let gossipsub_config = libp2p::gossipsub::Config::default();
+        let gossipsub_config = libp2p::gossipsub::ConfigBuilder::default()
+            .mesh_n(25)
+            .mesh_n_low(24)
+            .mesh_n_high(48)
+            .build()
+            .unwrap();
 
         // Set the message authenticity - Here we expect the publisher
         // to sign the message with their key.