diff --git a/src/upgrades/1.11.1/remove_ignored_cids_per_user.js b/src/upgrades/1.11.1/remove_ignored_cids_per_user.js
index f175e4074f..1d80f0cf09 100644
--- a/src/upgrades/1.11.1/remove_ignored_cids_per_user.js
+++ b/src/upgrades/1.11.1/remove_ignored_cids_per_user.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ module.exports = {
 			db.deleteAll(keys, next);
 		}, {
 			progress: this.progress,
+			batch: 500,
 		}, callback);
 	},
 };
diff --git a/src/upgrades/1.12.0/category_watch_state.js b/src/upgrades/1.12.0/category_watch_state.js
index 178b7a0354..2d9cbe0c4c 100644
--- a/src/upgrades/1.12.0/category_watch_state.js
+++ b/src/upgrades/1.12.0/category_watch_state.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module.exports = {
 					}, next);
 				}, {
 					progress: progress,
+					batch: 500,
 				}, next);
 			},
 			function (next) {