diff --git a/compass/ocean/mesh/remap_topography.cfg b/compass/ocean/mesh/remap_topography.cfg
index 49c95284aa..3427134356 100644
--- a/compass/ocean/mesh/remap_topography.cfg
+++ b/compass/ocean/mesh/remap_topography.cfg
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ description = Bathymetry is from GEBCO 2023, combined with BedMachine
               Antarctica v3 around Antarctica.
 
 # the target and minimum number of MPI tasks to use in remapping
-ntasks = 1024
+ntasks = 4096
 min_tasks = 360
 
 # remapping method {'bilinear', 'neareststod', 'conserve'}
diff --git a/docs/users_guide/ocean/framework/mesh.rst b/docs/users_guide/ocean/framework/mesh.rst
index 64e69074ca..097e59ba8e 100644
--- a/docs/users_guide/ocean/framework/mesh.rst
+++ b/docs/users_guide/ocean/framework/mesh.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ controlled by the following config options:
                   Antarctica v3 around Antarctica.
 
     # the target and minimum number of MPI tasks to use in remapping
-    ntasks = 1024
+    ntasks = 4096
     min_tasks = 360
 
     # remapping method {'bilinear', 'neareststod', 'conserve'}