diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e7d42648d8..0b04cba591 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -43,4 +43,6 @@ visualRegressionTests/screenshots
 visualRegressionTests/artifacts
 packages/survey-angular-ui/src/**/*.js
 dist
-junit.xml
\ No newline at end of file
+junit.xml
+playwright-report/*
+test-results/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/survey-core/src/question_paneldynamic.ts b/packages/survey-core/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
index 8606a67f80..95621bd35e 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/src/question_paneldynamic.ts
@@ -2643,7 +2643,7 @@ Serializer.addClass(
     { name: "minPanelCount:number", default: 0, minValue: 0 },
     {
       name: "maxPanelCount:number",
-      default: settings.panel.maxPanelCount,
+      defaultFunc: () => settings.panel.maxPanelCount,
     },
     "defaultPanelValue:panelvalue",
     "defaultValueFromLastPanel:boolean",
diff --git a/packages/survey-core/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts b/packages/survey-core/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
index aecff9fc77..7587a5f3d2 100644
--- a/packages/survey-core/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
+++ b/packages/survey-core/tests/question_paneldynamic_tests.ts
@@ -7590,4 +7590,11 @@ QUnit.test("Validation doesn't work if a user doensn't visit the page, Bug#8937"
   assert.equal(survey.currentPageNo, 1, "move to page with panel");
   const panel = <QuestionPanelDynamicModel>survey.getQuestionByName("panel");
   assert.equal(panel.panels[0].getQuestionByName("question2").errors.length, 1, "has an error");
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
+QUnit.test("default value for maxPanelCount, Bug#9000", function (assert) {
+  assert.equal(new QuestionPanelDynamicModel("q1").maxPanelCount, 100, "default value");
+  settings.panel.maxPanelCount = 300;
+  assert.equal(new QuestionPanelDynamicModel("q1").maxPanelCount, 300, "updated default value");
+  settings.panel.maxPanelCount = 100;
+  assert.equal(new QuestionPanelDynamicModel("q1").maxPanelCount, 100, "default value again");
+});