diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
index 29ee7401..3a3958f3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazonaws/services/kinesis/clientlibrary/lib/worker/SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory.java
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import lombok.extern.apachecommons.CommonsLog;
 public class SimpleRecordsFetcherFactory implements RecordsFetcherFactory {
     private final int maxRecords;
     private int maxSize = 3;
-    private int maxByteSize = 15 * 1024 * 1024;
+    private int maxByteSize = 8 * 1024 * 1024;
     private int maxRecordsCount = 30000;
     private DataFetchingStrategy dataFetchingStrategy = DataFetchingStrategy.DEFAULT;