diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index c14d6517..f962644c 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [9.9.2] - 2020-07-10
+
+(socket server) bump default max connection count from 32 to 128
+
 ## [9.9.1] - 2020-07-10
 
 (snake) implement super simple stream sql expression support in snake server
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
index d08683c2..abb3e735 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace ix
     const int SocketServer::kDefaultPort(8080);
     const std::string SocketServer::kDefaultHost("127.0.0.1");
     const int SocketServer::kDefaultTcpBacklog(5);
-    const size_t SocketServer::kDefaultMaxConnections(32);
+    const size_t SocketServer::kDefaultMaxConnections(128);
     const int SocketServer::kDefaultAddressFamily(AF_INET);
 
     SocketServer::SocketServer(
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 5a224ac5..88e3fbd3 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.9.1"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "9.9.2"