diff --git a/nexus/src/app/mod.rs b/nexus/src/app/mod.rs
index a02254e9bb..2afb6664a4 100644
--- a/nexus/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/nexus/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ pub const MAX_MEMORY_BYTES_PER_INSTANCE: u64 = 256 * (1 << 30); // 256 GiB
 pub const MIN_DISK_SIZE_BYTES: u32 = 1 << 30; // 1 GiB
 pub const MAX_DISK_SIZE_BYTES: u64 = 1023 * (1 << 30); // 1023 GiB
 
-pub const MAX_SSH_KEYS_PER_INSTANCE: u32 = 10;
+pub const MAX_SSH_KEYS_PER_INSTANCE: u32 = 100;
 
 /// Manages an Oxide fleet -- the heart of the control plane
 pub struct Nexus {