diff --git a/bootstrap/templates/ansible/playbooks/cluster-prepare.yaml.j2 b/bootstrap/templates/ansible/playbooks/cluster-prepare.yaml.j2
index ae06c797c67..126138c4f6a 100644
--- a/bootstrap/templates/ansible/playbooks/cluster-prepare.yaml.j2
+++ b/bootstrap/templates/ansible/playbooks/cluster-prepare.yaml.j2
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@
               fs.inotify.max_queued_events: 65536
               fs.inotify.max_user_watches: 524288
               fs.inotify.max_user_instances: 8192
+              net.core.rmem_max: 2500000
+              net.core.wmem_max: 2500000
 
   handlers:
     - name: Reboot
diff --git a/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2 b/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
index 74e67014bf3..9cf85225789 100644
--- a/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
+++ b/bootstrap/templates/kubernetes/bootstrap/talos/talconfig.yaml.j2
@@ -143,9 +143,11 @@ patches:
   - |-
     machine:
       sysctls:
-        fs.inotify.max_queued_events: 65536
-        fs.inotify.max_user_watches: 524288
-        fs.inotify.max_user_instances: 8192
+        fs.inotify.max_queued_events: "65536"
+        fs.inotify.max_user_watches: "524288"
+        fs.inotify.max_user_instances: "8192"
+        net.core.rmem_max: "2500000"
+        net.core.wmem_max: "2500000"
 
   # Mount openebs-hostpath in kubelet
   - |-