diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 41f1e8bd10..5bac016872 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 * Add `multi_get_for_update` to C API.
 
 ### Behavior changes
+* Changed default block cache size from an 8MB to 32MB LRUCache, which increases the default number of cache shards from 16 to 64. This change is intended to minimize cache mutex contention under stress conditions. See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/Block-Cache for more information.
 * For level compaction with `level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes=true`, RocksDB now trivially moves levels down to fill LSM starting from bottommost level during DB open. See more in comments for option `level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes`.
 
 ### New Features
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/table.h b/include/rocksdb/table.h
index 9d7e3d3b88..6e8f60577a 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/table.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/table.h
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ struct BlockBasedTableOptions {
   bool no_block_cache = false;
 
   // If non-NULL use the specified cache for blocks.
-  // If NULL, rocksdb will automatically create and use an 8MB internal cache.
+  // If NULL, rocksdb will automatically create and use a 32MB internal cache.
   std::shared_ptr<Cache> block_cache = nullptr;
 
   // If non-NULL use the specified cache for pages read from device
diff --git a/options/options_test.cc b/options/options_test.cc
index 481259a9e3..935b6b9fd0 100644
--- a/options/options_test.cc
+++ b/options/options_test.cc
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ TEST_F(OptionsTest, ConvertOptionsTest) {
   const auto table_opt = table_factory->GetOptions<BlockBasedTableOptions>();
   ASSERT_NE(table_opt, nullptr);
 
-  ASSERT_EQ(table_opt->block_cache->GetCapacity(), 8UL << 20);
+  ASSERT_EQ(table_opt->block_cache->GetCapacity(), 32UL << 20);
   ASSERT_EQ(table_opt->block_size, leveldb_opt.block_size);
   ASSERT_EQ(table_opt->block_restart_interval,
             leveldb_opt.block_restart_interval);
diff --git a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
index 845f3a6197..dc852e543c 100644
--- a/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
+++ b/table/block_based/block_based_table_factory.cc
@@ -443,11 +443,8 @@ void BlockBasedTableFactory::InitializeOptions() {
     table_options_.block_cache.reset();
   } else if (table_options_.block_cache == nullptr) {
     LRUCacheOptions co;
-    co.capacity = 8 << 20;
-    // It makes little sense to pay overhead for mid-point insertion while the
-    // block size is only 8MB.
-    co.high_pri_pool_ratio = 0.0;
-    co.low_pri_pool_ratio = 0.0;
+    // 32MB, the recommended minimum size for 64 shards, to reduce contention
+    co.capacity = 32 << 20;
     table_options_.block_cache = NewLRUCache(co);
   }
   if (table_options_.block_size_deviation < 0 ||
diff --git a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
index e6afc625f6..759f634b2e 100644
--- a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
+++ b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ DEFINE_bool(universal_allow_trivial_move, false,
 DEFINE_bool(universal_incremental, false,
             "Enable incremental compactions in universal compaction.");
 
-DEFINE_int64(cache_size, 8 << 20,  // 8MB
+DEFINE_int64(cache_size, 32 << 20,  // 32MB
              "Number of bytes to use as a cache of uncompressed data");
 
 DEFINE_int32(cache_numshardbits, -1,
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ DEFINE_string(cache_type, "lru_cache", "Type of block cache.");
 DEFINE_bool(use_compressed_secondary_cache, false,
             "Use the CompressedSecondaryCache as the secondary cache.");
 
-DEFINE_int64(compressed_secondary_cache_size, 8 << 20,  // 8MB
+DEFINE_int64(compressed_secondary_cache_size, 32 << 20,  // 32MB
              "Number of bytes to use as a cache of data");
 
 DEFINE_int32(compressed_secondary_cache_numshardbits, 6,
@@ -4590,7 +4590,7 @@ class Benchmark {
       if (FLAGS_cache_size > 0) {
         // This violates this function's rules on when to set options. But we
         // have to do it because the case of unconfigured block cache in OPTIONS
-        // file is indistinguishable (it is sanitized to 8MB by this point, not
+        // file is indistinguishable (it is sanitized to 32MB by this point, not
         // nullptr), and our regression tests assume this will be the shared
         // block cache, even with OPTIONS file provided.
         table_options->block_cache = cache_;