diff --git a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
index 5b2222e1826cba1473aeb671ac9d6d6a7fa64df2..bc88b02748d4fc525b7bc8b681d30013ccd472c0 100644
--- a/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
+++ b/bilby/core/sampler/dynesty.py
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class Dynesty(NestedSampler):
 
     def _verify_kwargs_against_default_kwargs(self):
         if not self.kwargs['walks']:
-            self.kwargs['walks'] = self.ndim * 10
+            self.kwargs['walks'] = self.ndim * 30
         if not self.kwargs['update_interval']:
             self.kwargs['update_interval'] = int(0.6 * self.kwargs['nlive'])
         if not self.kwargs['print_func']: