diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/NettyInvocationBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/NettyInvocationBuilder.java
index 39ea98c51..c57f885be 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/NettyInvocationBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/dockerjava/netty/NettyInvocationBuilder.java
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ public <T> void get(TypeReference<T> typeReference, ResultCallback<T> resultCall
         HttpResponseHandler responseHandler = new HttpResponseHandler(requestProvider, resultCallback);
 
         channel.pipeline().addLast(responseHandler);
-        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder());
+        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder(3 * 1024 * 1024));
         channel.pipeline().addLast(jsonResponseHandler);
 
         sendRequest(requestProvider, channel);
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ public <T> void post(final Object entity, TypeReference<T> typeReference, final
         HttpResponseHandler responseHandler = new HttpResponseHandler(requestProvider, resultCallback);
 
         channel.pipeline().addLast(responseHandler);
-        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder());
+        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder(3 * 1024 * 1024));
         channel.pipeline().addLast(jsonResponseHandler);
 
         sendRequest(requestProvider, channel);
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ public <T> void post(TypeReference<T> typeReference, ResultCallback<T> resultCal
 
         channel.pipeline().addLast(new ChunkedWriteHandler());
         channel.pipeline().addLast(responseHandler);
-        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder());
+        channel.pipeline().addLast(new JsonObjectDecoder(3 * 1024 * 1024));
         channel.pipeline().addLast(jsonResponseHandler);
 
         postChunkedStreamRequest(requestProvider, channel, body);