diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/common/parameters.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/common/parameters.py
index 1d48187f1cea9..a2f80876994b2 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/common/parameters.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/api_fastapi/common/parameters.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 from airflow._shared.timezones import timezone
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.base import OrmClause
 from airflow.api_fastapi.core_api.security import GetUserDep
+from airflow.configuration import conf
 from airflow.models import Base
 from airflow.models.asset import (
     AssetAliasModel,
@@ -99,8 +100,8 @@ def to_orm(self, select: Select) -> Select:
         return select.limit(self.value)
 
     @classmethod
-    def depends(cls, limit: NonNegativeInt = 50) -> LimitFilter:
-        return cls().set_value(limit)
+    def depends(cls, limit: NonNegativeInt = conf.getint("api", "page_size")) -> LimitFilter:
+        return cls().set_value(min(limit, conf.getint("api", "maximum_page_limit")))
 
 
 class OffsetFilter(BaseParam[NonNegativeInt]):
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_task_instances.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_task_instances.py
index ee5e972478482..8b3cb628da0df 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_task_instances.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_task_instances.py
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 
 from tests_common.test_utils.api_fastapi import _check_task_instance_note
 from tests_common.test_utils.asserts import assert_queries_count
+from tests_common.test_utils.config import conf_vars
 from tests_common.test_utils.db import (
     clear_db_runs,
     clear_rendered_ti_fields,
@@ -785,8 +786,8 @@ def test_offset_limit(self, test_client, one_task_with_many_mapped_tis):
             ({"order_by": "map_index", "limit": 100}, list(range(100))),
             ({"order_by": "-map_index", "limit": 100}, list(range(109, 9, -1))),
             (
-                {"order_by": "state", "limit": 108},
-                list(range(5, 25)) + list(range(25, 110)) + list(range(3)),
+                {"order_by": "state", "limit": 108},  # Maximum page limit will limit result to 100 items.
+                list(range(5, 25)) + list(range(25, 105)),
             ),
             (
                 {"order_by": "-state", "limit": 100},
@@ -801,6 +802,8 @@ def test_offset_limit(self, test_client, one_task_with_many_mapped_tis):
     def test_mapped_instances_order(
         self, test_client, session, params, expected_map_indexes, one_task_with_many_mapped_tis
     ):
+        from airflow.configuration import conf
+
         with assert_queries_count(4):
             response = test_client.get(
                 "/dags/mapped_tis/dagRuns/run_mapped_tis/taskInstances/task_2/listMapped",
@@ -810,7 +813,7 @@ def test_mapped_instances_order(
         assert response.status_code == 200
         body = response.json()
         assert body["total_entries"] == 110
-        assert len(body["task_instances"]) == params["limit"]
+        assert len(body["task_instances"]) == min(params["limit"], conf.getint("api", "maximum_page_limit"))
         assert expected_map_indexes == [ti["map_index"] for ti in body["task_instances"]]
 
     # Ordering of nulls values is DB specific.
@@ -822,6 +825,7 @@ def test_mapped_instances_order(
             ({"order_by": "-rendered_map_index", "limit": 100}, [0] + list(range(11, 110)[::-1])),  # Desc
         ],
     )
+    @conf_vars({("api", "maximum_page_limit"): "110"})
     def test_rendered_map_index_order(
         self, test_client, session, params, expected_map_indexes, one_task_with_many_mapped_tis
     ):