diff --git a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
index 61e0022bb5..737fb9cedc 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/logpoller/orm.go
@@ -404,6 +404,10 @@ func (o *DSORM) DeleteExcessLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, error
 		limitClause = fmt.Sprintf(" ORDER BY block_number, log_index LIMIT %d", limit)
 	}
 
+	// Allow SELECT query to run for up to 3 minutes. DELETE query will still have default 10s timeout
+	selectCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(sqlutil.WithoutDefaultTimeout(ctx), 3*time.Minute)
+	defer cancel()
+
 	query := `
 		WITH filters AS (SELECT name,
 				ARRAY_AGG(address) AS addresses, ARRAY_AGG(event) AS events,
@@ -424,7 +428,7 @@ func (o *DSORM) DeleteExcessLogs(ctx context.Context, limit int64) (int64, error
 					(f.topic4 IS NULL OR l.topics[3] = ANY(f.topic4))
 		) x GROUP BY id, block_number, log_index HAVING BOOL_AND(old)` + limitClause
 
-	err := o.ds.SelectContext(ctx, &rowIds, query, ubig.New(o.chainID))
+	err := o.ds.SelectContext(selectCtx, &rowIds, query, ubig.New(o.chainID))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
diff --git a/core/services/relay/evm/contract_transmitter.go b/core/services/relay/evm/contract_transmitter.go
index 5940a62b69..80add7537c 100644
--- a/core/services/relay/evm/contract_transmitter.go
+++ b/core/services/relay/evm/contract_transmitter.go
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ func NewOCRContractTransmitter(
 		Name:      transmitterFilterName(address),
 		EventSigs: []common.Hash{transmitted.ID},
 		Retention: 10 * time.Minute,
-		Addresses: []common.Address{address}, MaxLogsKept: 0},
+		Addresses: []common.Address{address}, MaxLogsKept: 100000},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err