diff --git a/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md b/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
index 673d8e070b41b8a03833f92d7ebd211ca6e4c6a8..5887d48548c4faef585ab8ba364d4261f40debbf 100644
--- a/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
+++ b/docs/creating-a-benchmark.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ spec:
         - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
           resource: "custom/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
index 9f2bf345f118a0bc6798c2715b7934d93ed9d141..fd1cbf4a06a55c68a40f32a90a59409e911b5ecf 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/operator/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ spec:
         - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
           resource: "custom/uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
           properties:
-            loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+            loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
   kafkaConfig:
     bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
     topics:
diff --git a/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml b/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
index e3b37a348c592e065937abf6c8ca99556804867b..21402f62b8998241d150149a72482660a204f1ab 100644
--- a/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
+++ b/theodolite/examples/standalone/example-benchmark.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ loadTypes:
       - type: "NumSensorsLoadGeneratorReplicaPatcher"
         resource: "uc1-load-generator-deployment.yaml"
         properties:
-          loadGenMaxRecords: "15000"
+          loadGenMaxRecords: "150000"
 kafkaConfig:
   bootstrapServer: "theodolite-cp-kafka:9092"
   topics: