diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hmef/attribute/TNEFAttribute.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hmef/attribute/TNEFAttribute.java
index 11e865364d..547bad8e11 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hmef/attribute/TNEFAttribute.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hmef/attribute/TNEFAttribute.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
 public class TNEFAttribute {
 
    //arbitrarily selected; may need to increase
-   private static final int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 1_000_000;
+   private static final int MAX_RECORD_LENGTH = 20_000_000;
 
    private final TNEFProperty property;
    private final int type;