diff --git a/include/opendht/dht.h b/include/opendht/dht.h
index 8ee291e060cdcc66663a59e07940e9c1cfe42e04..2d67deaac567ab59dcca0499786c60858a697c98 100644
--- a/include/opendht/dht.h
+++ b/include/opendht/dht.h
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ private:
     static constexpr unsigned SEARCH_REQUESTS {4};
 
     /* Number of listening nodes */
-    static constexpr unsigned LISTEN_NODES {3};
+    static constexpr unsigned LISTEN_NODES {4};
 
     /* The maximum number of values we store for a given hash. */
     static constexpr unsigned MAX_VALUES {1024};