diff --git a/app/src/control_msg.h b/app/src/control_msg.h
index 0c47952d9a..e4324503bc 100644
--- a/app/src/control_msg.h
+++ b/app/src/control_msg.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #include "android/keycodes.h"
 #include "common.h"
 
-#define CONTROL_MSG_MAX_SIZE 4096
+#define CONTROL_MSG_MAX_SIZE (1 << 18) // 256k
 
 #define CONTROL_MSG_INJECT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH 300
 // type: 1 byte; length: 4 bytes
diff --git a/app/src/device_msg.h b/app/src/device_msg.h
index 0fc7d87c02..4b681e2c37 100644
--- a/app/src/device_msg.h
+++ b/app/src/device_msg.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 #include "config.h"
 
-#define DEVICE_MSG_MAX_SIZE 4096
+#define DEVICE_MSG_MAX_SIZE (1 << 18) // 256k
 // type: 1 byte; length: 4 bytes
 #define DEVICE_MSG_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH (DEVICE_MSG_MAX_SIZE - 5)
 
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
index e8f50dc875..3107ac3176 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/ControlMessageReader.java
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ public class ControlMessageReader {
     static final int INJECT_SCROLL_EVENT_PAYLOAD_LENGTH = 20;
     static final int SET_SCREEN_POWER_MODE_PAYLOAD_LENGTH = 1;
 
-    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 4096;
+    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1 << 18; // 256k
 
     public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE - 5; // type: 1 byte; length: 4 bytes
     public static final int INJECT_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = 300;
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
index 2e12698f8b..15d91a35b7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/genymobile/scrcpy/DeviceMessageWriter.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 public class DeviceMessageWriter {
 
-    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 4096;
+    private static final int MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE = 1 << 18; // 256k
     public static final int CLIPBOARD_TEXT_MAX_LENGTH = MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE - 5; // type: 1 byte; length: 4 bytes
 
     private final byte[] rawBuffer = new byte[MESSAGE_MAX_SIZE];