diff --git a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
index d6e597aa3..31e50b356 100644
--- a/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
+++ b/blockstore/splitstore/splitstore.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ var (
 	// === :: cold (already archived)
 	// ≡≡≡ :: to be archived in this compaction
 	// --- :: hot
-	CompactionThreshold = 6 * build.Finality
+	CompactionThreshold = 5 * build.Finality
 
 	// CompactionBoundary is the number of epochs from the current epoch at which
 	// we will walk the chain for live objects.