diff --git a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
index 633325fa3..4791e8b0c 100644
--- a/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
+++ b/crates/ml/src/trainers/dqn/config.rs
@@ -1656,7 +1656,7 @@ impl DQNHyperparameters {
             exposure_aux_weight: 0.5,
             exposure_aux_warmup_epochs: 5,
             // v8: Dense micro-reward, TD(λ), PopArt, curriculum, hindsight
-            micro_reward_scale: 0.001,
+            micro_reward_scale: 0.01,
             td_lambda: 0.9,
             max_trace_length: 7,
             popart_enabled: false,  // disabled by default until wired