diff --git a/src/upgrades/1.19.2/store_downvoted_posts_in_zset.js b/src/upgrades/1.19.2/store_downvoted_posts_in_zset.js
index 6b402677b7..2ee7aa3dcc 100644
--- a/src/upgrades/1.19.2/store_downvoted_posts_in_zset.js
+++ b/src/upgrades/1.19.2/store_downvoted_posts_in_zset.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module.exports = {
 			progress.incr(postData.length);
 		}, {
 			progress,
+			batch: 500,
 		});
 	},
 };