diff --git a/tinyxml2.h b/tinyxml2.h
index cfb1053..ba54a11 100755
--- a/tinyxml2.h
+++ b/tinyxml2.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ static const int TIXML2_PATCH_VERSION = 0;
 // system, and the capacity of the stack. On the other hand, it's a trivial
 // attack that can result from ill, malicious, or even correctly formed XML,
 // so there needs to be a limit in place.
-static const int TINYXML2_MAX_ELEMENT_DEPTH = 100;
+static const int TINYXML2_MAX_ELEMENT_DEPTH = 500;
 
 namespace tinyxml2
 {