diff --git a/server/workers/orcid/src/orcid_service.py b/server/workers/orcid/src/orcid_service.py
index e138ee274..982b6c7f6 100644
--- a/server/workers/orcid/src/orcid_service.py
+++ b/server/workers/orcid/src/orcid_service.py
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def _log_dataframe(self, df: pd.DataFrame, params: Dict[str, str], name: str, ):
 
     def request_base_metadata(self, dois: List[str], params: Dict[str, str]) -> pd.DataFrame:
         orcid = params.get('orcid')
-        batch_size = 20
+        batch_size = 25
         batches = [dois[i:i + batch_size] for i in range(0, len(dois), batch_size)]
         base_metadata = pd.DataFrame(dtype=object)