diff --git a/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs b/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
index 86b33bf8c02275..76a1193828ae07 100644
--- a/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
+++ b/programs/bpf/tests/programs.rs
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ fn test_program_bpf_invoke_sanity() {
                 format!("Program log: invoke {program_lang} program"),
                 "Program log: Test max account infos exceeded".into(),
                 "skip".into(), // don't compare compute consumption logs
-                "Program failed to complete: Invoked an instruction with too many account info's (257 > 256)".into(),
+                "Program failed to complete: Invoked an instruction with too many account info's (129 > 128)".into(),
                 format!("Program {invoke_program_id} failed: Program failed to complete"),
             ]),
         );
diff --git a/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/cpi.h b/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/cpi.h
index a650f49c2514f4..b3748cff2240f9 100644
--- a/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/cpi.h
+++ b/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/cpi.h
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ static const uint8_t MAX_CPI_INSTRUCTION_ACCOUNTS = 255;
 /**
  * Maximum number of account info structs that can be used in a single CPI
  * invocation. A limit on account info structs is effectively the same as
- * limiting the number of unique accounts. 256 was chosen to match the max
+ * limiting the number of unique accounts. 128 was chosen to match the max
  * number of locked accounts per transaction (MAX_TX_ACCOUNT_LOCKS).
  */
-static const uint16_t MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS = 256;
+static const uint16_t MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS = 128;
 
 /**
  * Account Meta
diff --git a/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/inc/cpi.inc b/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/inc/cpi.inc
index e89e98e0cb2bd7..41ce4fb01a691b 100644
--- a/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/inc/cpi.inc
+++ b/sdk/bpf/c/inc/sol/inc/cpi.inc
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ static const uint8_t MAX_CPI_INSTRUCTION_ACCOUNTS = 255;
 /**
  * Maximum number of account info structs that can be used in a single CPI
  * invocation. A limit on account info structs is effectively the same as
- * limiting the number of unique accounts. 256 was chosen to match the max
+ * limiting the number of unique accounts. 128 was chosen to match the max
  * number of locked accounts per transaction (MAX_TX_ACCOUNT_LOCKS).
  */
-static const uint16_t MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS = 256;
+static const uint16_t MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS = 128;
 
 /**
  * Account Meta
diff --git a/sdk/program/src/syscalls/mod.rs b/sdk/program/src/syscalls/mod.rs
index b7359f858f09a7..d66c9361e95792 100644
--- a/sdk/program/src/syscalls/mod.rs
+++ b/sdk/program/src/syscalls/mod.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ pub const MAX_CPI_INSTRUCTION_ACCOUNTS: u8 = u8::MAX;
 
 /// Maximum number of account info structs that can be used in a single CPI
 /// invocation. A limit on account info structs is effectively the same as
-/// limiting the number of unique accounts. 256 was chosen to match the max
+/// limiting the number of unique accounts. 128 was chosen to match the max
 /// number of locked accounts per transaction (MAX_TX_ACCOUNT_LOCKS).
-pub const MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS: usize = 256;
+pub const MAX_CPI_ACCOUNT_INFOS: usize = 128;
diff --git a/sdk/src/feature_set.rs b/sdk/src/feature_set.rs
index 6148a89026ce4e..42a38c888d05fe 100644
--- a/sdk/src/feature_set.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/feature_set.rs
@@ -651,7 +651,7 @@ lazy_static! {
         (cap_accounts_data_allocations_per_transaction::id(), "cap accounts data allocations per transaction #27375"),
         (epoch_accounts_hash::id(), "enable epoch accounts hash calculation #27539"),
         (remove_deprecated_request_unit_ix::id(), "remove support for RequestUnitsDeprecated instruction #27500"),
-        (increase_tx_account_lock_limit::id(), "increase tx account lock limit to 256 #27241"),
+        (increase_tx_account_lock_limit::id(), "increase tx account lock limit to 128 #27241"),
         /*************** ADD NEW FEATURES HERE ***************/
     ]
     .iter()
diff --git a/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs b/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
index 7d1b34a4ab41e6..7c5a9df4d662c7 100644
--- a/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
+++ b/sdk/src/transaction/sanitized.rs
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ use {
 };
 
 /// Maximum number of accounts that a transaction may lock.
-/// 64 was chosen because it is roughly twice the previous
-/// number of account keys that could fit in a legacy tx.
-pub const MAX_TX_ACCOUNT_LOCKS: usize = 64;
+/// 128 was chosen because it is the minimum number of accounts
+/// needed for the Neon EVM implementation.
+pub const MAX_TX_ACCOUNT_LOCKS: usize = 128;
 
 /// Sanitized transaction and the hash of its message
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]