diff --git a/crates/exex/exex/src/manager.rs b/crates/exex/exex/src/manager.rs
index 5b3b38ba0d51..ada9e7a4b315 100644
--- a/crates/exex/exex/src/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/exex/exex/src/manager.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ use tokio::sync::{
 };
 use tokio_util::sync::{PollSendError, PollSender, ReusableBoxFuture};
 
+/// Default max size of the internal state notifications buffer.
+///
+/// 1024 notifications in the buffer is 3.5 hours of mainnet blocks,
+/// or 17 minutes of 1-second blocks.
+pub const DEFAULT_EXEX_MANAGER_CAPACITY: usize = 1024;
+
 /// Metrics for an `ExEx`.
 #[derive(Metrics)]
 #[metrics(scope = "exex")]
diff --git a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/exex.rs b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/exex.rs
index 6cd705338384..816335d3dbdf 100644
--- a/crates/node/builder/src/launch/exex.rs
+++ b/crates/node/builder/src/launch/exex.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ use std::{fmt, fmt::Debug};
 use futures::future;
 use reth_chain_state::ForkChoiceSubscriptions;
 use reth_chainspec::EthChainSpec;
-use reth_exex::{ExExContext, ExExHandle, ExExManager, ExExManagerHandle, Wal};
+use reth_exex::{
+    ExExContext, ExExHandle, ExExManager, ExExManagerHandle, Wal, DEFAULT_EXEX_MANAGER_CAPACITY,
+};
 use reth_node_api::{FullNodeComponents, NodeTypes};
 use reth_primitives::Head;
 use reth_provider::CanonStateSubscriptions;
@@ -108,7 +110,7 @@ impl<Node: FullNodeComponents + Clone> ExExLauncher<Node> {
         // todo(onbjerg): rm magic number
         let exex_manager = ExExManager::new(
             exex_handles,
-            1024,
+            DEFAULT_EXEX_MANAGER_CAPACITY,
             exex_wal,
             components.provider().finalized_block_stream(),
         );