diff --git a/src/ripple/app/hook/impl/applyHook.cpp b/src/ripple/app/hook/impl/applyHook.cpp
index 347eb596e..6364b380e 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/hook/impl/applyHook.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/hook/impl/applyHook.cpp
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ int64_t hook::computeCreationFee(uint64_t byteCount)
 
 uint32_t hook::maxHookChainLength(void)
 {
-    return 4;
+    return 10;
 }
 
 // many datatypes can be encoded into an int64_t
diff --git a/src/test/app/SetHook_test.cpp b/src/test/app/SetHook_test.cpp
index cd14815d6..44ea71f63 100644
--- a/src/test/app/SetHook_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/app/SetHook_test.cpp
@@ -132,12 +132,18 @@ public:
         env(ripple::test::jtx::hook(
                 alice,
                 {{hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
+                  hso(accept_wasm),
                   hso(accept_wasm),
                   hso(accept_wasm),
                   hso(accept_wasm),
                   hso(accept_wasm)}},
                 0),
-            M("Must have fewer than 5 entries"),
+            M("Must have fewer than 11 entries"),
             HSFEE,
             ter(temMALFORMED));