diff --git a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
index 036e5e3c4ff..fbe4140d2b6 100644
--- a/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
+++ b/dgraph/cmd/alpha/run.go
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func run() {
 	}
 	otrace.ApplyConfig(otrace.Config{
 		DefaultSampler:             otrace.ProbabilitySampler(x.WorkerConfig.Tracing),
-		MaxAnnotationEventsPerSpan: 64,
+		MaxAnnotationEventsPerSpan: 256,
 	})
 
 	// Posting will initialize index which requires schema. Hence, initialize