diff --git a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcSession.java b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcSession.java
index f0bcbf2768..42a6a60c2d 100644
--- a/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcSession.java
+++ b/application/src/main/java/org/thingsboard/server/service/edge/rpc/EdgeGrpcSession.java
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ public abstract class EdgeGrpcSession implements Closeable {
     private static final String QUEUE_START_TS_ATTR_KEY = "queueStartTs";
     private static final String QUEUE_START_SEQ_ID_ATTR_KEY = "queueStartSeqId";
 
-    private static final int MAX_DOWNLINK_ATTEMPTS = 10;
+    private static final int MAX_DOWNLINK_ATTEMPTS = 3;
     private static final String RATE_LIMIT_REACHED = "Rate limit reached";
 
     protected static final ConcurrentLinkedQueue<EdgeEvent> highPriorityQueue = new ConcurrentLinkedQueue<>();