diff --git a/roles/mailman/templates/apache.conf.j2 b/roles/mailman/templates/apache.conf.j2
index 76055a3f28..43a2c2b86b 100644
--- a/roles/mailman/templates/apache.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/mailman/templates/apache.conf.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Alias /static      {{ mailman_webui_basedir }}/static
 #CustomLog /var/log/httpd/webui_access.log combined
 
 WSGIScriptAlias / {{ mailman_webui_confdir }}/webui.wsgi
-WSGIDaemonProcess webui display-name=webui maximum-requests=100 processes=4 threads=10
+WSGIDaemonProcess webui display-name=webui maximum-requests=1000 processes=4 threads=10
 WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
 WSGIRestrictStdout On
 WSGIRestrictSignal Off
diff --git a/roles/varnish/templates/proxy.vcl.j2 b/roles/varnish/templates/proxy.vcl.j2
index c9bd61b435..81eac70a2b 100644
--- a/roles/varnish/templates/proxy.vcl.j2
+++ b/roles/varnish/templates/proxy.vcl.j2
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ backend pkgdb {
 backend mailman {
     .host = "mailman01";
     .port = "http";
-    .first_byte_timeout = 120s;
+    .first_byte_timeout = 180s;
     .probe = {
         .url = "/";
         .interval = 5s;