diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.test.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.test.ts
index bdc33cb9f99..2e261d3c2c2 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.test.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.test.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('loadLocalesConfig', () => {
 
       await mkdir(localesPath)
       await writeFile(enDefault, JSON.stringify({hello: 'Hello'}))
-      const bigArray = new Array(5000).fill('a')
+      const bigArray = new Array(6000).fill('a')
       await writeFile(es, JSON.stringify(bigArray))
 
       // When
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ describe('loadLocalesConfig', () => {
       const es = joinPath(localesPath, 'es.json')
 
       await mkdir(localesPath)
-      const bigArray = JSON.stringify(new Array(3000).fill('a'))
+      const bigArray = JSON.stringify(new Array(4000).fill('a'))
 
       await writeFile(en, JSON.stringify(bigArray))
       await writeFile(es, JSON.stringify(bigArray))
diff --git a/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.ts b/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.ts
index 2cfb707bed5..7ff92dc83a9 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/app/src/cli/utilities/extensions/locales-configuration.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {glob} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/fs'
 import {AbortError, BugError} from '@shopify/cli-kit/node/error'
 import fs from 'fs'
 
-const L10N_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = 16 * 1024
+const L10N_FILE_SIZE_LIMIT = 20 * 1024
 const L10N_BUNDLE_SIZE_LIMIT = 256 * 1024
 
 export async function loadLocalesConfig(extensionPath: string, extensionIdentifier: string) {