diff --git a/conf/fail2ban/jail.conf b/conf/fail2ban/jail.conf
index 2ffc71c28..8b6a2ec6d 100644
--- a/conf/fail2ban/jail.conf
+++ b/conf/fail2ban/jail.conf
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ bantime  = 10m
 findtime  = 10m
 
 # "maxretry" is the number of failures before a host get banned.
-maxretry = 5
+maxretry = 10
 
 # "maxmatches" is the number of matches stored in ticket (resolvable via tag <matches> in actions).
 maxmatches = %(maxretry)s