diff --git a/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessor.kt b/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessor.kt
index eebbfbeab6..fa478edde7 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessor.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/main/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessor.kt
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@ class AndroidMediaPreProcessor(
         /**
          * Used for calculating `inSampleSize` for bitmaps.
          *
-         * *Note*: Ideally, this should result in images of up to (but not included) 1280x1280 being sent. However, images with very different width and height
+         * *Note*: Ideally, this should result in images of up to (but not included) 2560x2560 being sent. However, images with very different width and height
          * values may surpass this limit. (i.e.: an image of `480x3000px` would have `inSampleSize=1` and be sent as is).
          */
-        private const val IMAGE_SCALE_REF_SIZE = 640
+        private const val IMAGE_SCALE_REF_SIZE = 1280
 
         private val notCompressibleImageTypes = listOf(MimeTypes.Gif, MimeTypes.WebP)
     }
diff --git a/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest.kt b/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest.kt
index 79f6fd10f8..9ea3921258 100644
--- a/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/mediaupload/impl/src/test/kotlin/io/element/android/libraries/mediaupload/impl/AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest.kt
@@ -255,10 +255,10 @@ class AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest : RobolectricTest() {
         assertThat(info.thumbnailFile).isNotNull()
         assertThat(info.imageInfo).isEqualTo(
             ImageInfo(
-                height = 979,
-                width = 3006,
+                height = 1958,
+                width = 6012,
                 mimetype = MimeTypes.Jpeg,
-                size = 84_845,
+                size = 682_492,
                 ThumbnailInfo(height = 244, width = 751, mimetype = MimeTypes.Jpeg, size = 7_178),
                 thumbnailSource = null,
                 blurhash = "K07gBzX=j_D4xZjoaSe,s:"
@@ -280,10 +280,10 @@ class AndroidMediaPreProcessorTest : RobolectricTest() {
         assertThat(info.thumbnailFile).isNull()
         assertThat(info.imageInfo).isEqualTo(
             ImageInfo(
-                height = 979,
-                width = 3_006,
+                height = 1_958,
+                width = 6_012,
                 mimetype = MimeTypes.Jpeg,
-                size = 84_845,
+                size = 682_492,
                 thumbnailInfo = null,
                 thumbnailSource = null,
                 blurhash = null,