diff --git a/.chloggen/confmap-increase-recursive-count.yaml b/.chloggen/confmap-increase-recursive-count.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cf8a8fe479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/confmap-increase-recursive-count.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Use this changelog template to create an entry for release notes.
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: bug_fix
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. otlpreceiver)
+component: confmap
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Increase the amount of recursion and URI expansions allowed in a single line
+
+# One or more tracking issues or pull requests related to the change
+issues: [10712]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
+
+# Optional: The change log or logs in which this entry should be included.
+# e.g. '[user]' or '[user, api]'
+# Include 'user' if the change is relevant to end users.
+# Include 'api' if there is a change to a library API.
+# Default: '[user]'
+change_logs: []
diff --git a/confmap/expand.go b/confmap/expand.go
index d006686bc2a..9bfbdbaccbe 100644
--- a/confmap/expand.go
+++ b/confmap/expand.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 func (mr *Resolver) expandValueRecursively(ctx context.Context, value any) (any, error) {
-	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
 		val, changed, err := mr.expandValue(ctx, value)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err