diff --git a/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py b/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py
index bc187b6fdf..7472e39bf9 100644
--- a/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py
+++ b/services/worker/src/worker/utils.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 from libcommon.exceptions import NormalRowsError, StreamingRowsError
 from libcommon.utils import orjson_dumps
 
-MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS = 1_000_000_000
+MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS = 10_000_000_000
 # ^ see https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/reference/Image.html#PIL.Image.MAX_IMAGE_PIXELS