diff --git a/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs b/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs
index 0b9b7d9f82..d846268b91 100644
--- a/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/primitives/src/config.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fn default_account_worker_count() -> usize {
 }
 
 /// The size of proof targets chunk to spawn in one multiproof calculation.
-pub const DEFAULT_MULTIPROOF_TASK_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 10;
+pub const DEFAULT_MULTIPROOF_TASK_CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 60;
 
 /// Default number of reserved CPU cores for non-reth processes.
 ///
diff --git a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
index 7da199dd63..88c82b55db 100644
--- a/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/tree/src/tree/payload_processor/multiproof.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ use reth_trie_parallel::{
 use std::{collections::BTreeMap, ops::DerefMut, sync::Arc, time::Instant};
 use tracing::{debug, error, instrument, trace};
 
+/// The default max targets, for limiting the number of account and storage proof targets to be
+/// fetched by a single worker.
+const DEFAULT_MAX_TARGETS_FOR_CHUNKING: usize = 300;
+
 /// A trie update that can be applied to sparse trie alongside the proofs for touched parts of the
 /// state.
 #[derive(Default, Debug)]
@@ -704,6 +708,10 @@ pub(super) struct MultiProofTask {
     multiproof_manager: MultiproofManager,
     /// multi proof task metrics
     metrics: MultiProofTaskMetrics,
+    /// If this number is exceeded and chunking is enabled, then this will override whether or not
+    /// there are any active workers and force chunking across workers. This is to prevent tasks
+    /// which are very long from hitting a single worker.
+    max_targets_for_chunking: usize,
 }
 
 impl MultiProofTask {
@@ -732,6 +740,7 @@ impl MultiProofTask {
                 proof_result_tx,
             ),
             metrics,
+            max_targets_for_chunking: DEFAULT_MAX_TARGETS_FOR_CHUNKING,
         }
     }
 
@@ -921,10 +930,14 @@ impl MultiProofTask {
 
         let mut spawned_proof_targets = MultiProofTargets::default();
 
+        // Chunk regardless if there are many proof targets
+        let many_proof_targets =
+            not_fetched_state_update.chunking_length() > self.max_targets_for_chunking;
+
         // Only chunk if multiple account or storage workers are available to take advantage of
         // parallelism.
-        let should_chunk = self.multiproof_manager.proof_worker_handle.available_account_workers() >
-            1 ||
+        let should_chunk = many_proof_targets ||
+            self.multiproof_manager.proof_worker_handle.available_account_workers() > 1 ||
             self.multiproof_manager.proof_worker_handle.available_storage_workers() > 1;
 
         let mut dispatch = |hashed_state_update| {
diff --git a/docs/vocs/docs/pages/cli/reth/node.mdx b/docs/vocs/docs/pages/cli/reth/node.mdx
index 51e504fece..bed2a926da 100644
--- a/docs/vocs/docs/pages/cli/reth/node.mdx
+++ b/docs/vocs/docs/pages/cli/reth/node.mdx
@@ -909,7 +909,7 @@ Engine:
       --engine.multiproof-chunk-size <MULTIPROOF_CHUNK_SIZE>
           Multiproof task chunk size for proof targets
 
-          [default: 10]
+          [default: 60]
 
       --engine.reserved-cpu-cores <RESERVED_CPU_CORES>
           Configure the number of reserved CPU cores for non-reth processes