diff --git a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/Commitments.scala b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/Commitments.scala
index 0ad044adc0..d2df2ec0eb 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/Commitments.scala
+++ b/eclair-core/src/main/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/Commitments.scala
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ object ChannelParams {
       // small amount: not scaled
       defaultMinDepth
     } else {
-      val blockReward = 6.25 // this is true as of ~May 2020, but will be too large after 2024
-      val scalingFactor = 15
+      val blockReward = 3.125 // this will be too large after the halving in 2028
+      val scalingFactor = 10
       val blocksToReachFunding = (((scalingFactor * amount.toBtc.toDouble) / blockReward).ceil + 1).toInt
       defaultMinDepth.max(blocksToReachFunding)
     }
diff --git a/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/HelpersSpec.scala b/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/HelpersSpec.scala
index 52b3d7bf4d..bd057a4757 100644
--- a/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/HelpersSpec.scala
+++ b/eclair-core/src/test/scala/fr/acinq/eclair/channel/HelpersSpec.scala
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ class HelpersSpec extends TestKitBaseClass with AnyFunSuiteLike with ChannelStat
   implicit val log: akka.event.LoggingAdapter = akka.event.NoLogging
 
   test("scale funding tx min depth according to funding amount") {
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(1)) == 4)
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 6, Btc(1)) == 6) // 4 conf would be enough but we use min-depth=6
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(6.25)) == 16) // we use scaling_factor=15 and a fixed block reward of 6.25BTC
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(12.5)) == 31)
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(12.6)) == 32)
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(30)) == 73)
-    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(50)) == 121)
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(1)) == 5)
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 6, Btc(1)) == 6) // 5 conf would be enough but we use min-depth=6
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(3.125)) == 11) // we use scaling_factor=10 and a fixed block reward of 3.125BTC
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(6.25)) == 21)
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(10)) == 33)
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(25)) == 81)
+    assert(ChannelParams.minDepthScaled(defaultMinDepth = 3, Btc(50)) == 161)
   }
 
   test("compute refresh delay") {