diff --git a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/decomposition_pass.py b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/decomposition_pass.py
index b0d9ef7..d6752ba 100644
--- a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/decomposition_pass.py
+++ b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/decomposition_pass.py
@@ -1101,7 +1101,7 @@ class DecompositionPass:
                     llm_response = await _llm_anthropic(
                         prompt=prompt,
                         system_prompt=_PASS0B_SYSTEM_PROMPT,
-                        max_tokens=max(8192, len(batch) * 1500),
+                        max_tokens=min(16384, max(4096, len(batch) * 500)),
                     )
                     stats["llm_calls"] += 1
                     results_by_id = _parse_json_object(llm_response)