diff --git a/alternator/rjson.cc b/alternator/rjson.cc
index cf726a117e..5de8e9f4eb 100644
--- a/alternator/rjson.cc
+++ b/alternator/rjson.cc
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ protected:
 
 std::string print(const rjson::value& value) {
     string_buffer buffer;
-    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<writer, false> writer(buffer, 39);
+    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<writer, false> writer(buffer, 78);
     value.Accept(writer);
     return std::string(buffer.GetString());
 }
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ rjson::value copy(const rjson::value& value) {
 }
 
 rjson::value parse(std::string_view str) {
-    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<document, false> d(39);
+    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<document, false> d(78);
     d.Parse(str.data(), str.size());
     if (d.HasParseError()) {
         throw rjson::error(format("Parsing JSON failed: {}", GetParseError_En(d.GetParseError())));
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ rjson::value parse(std::string_view str) {
 }
 
 rjson::value parse_yieldable(std::string_view str) {
-    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<document, true> d(39);
+    guarded_yieldable_json_handler<document, true> d(78);
     d.Parse(str.data(), str.size());
     if (d.HasParseError()) {
         throw rjson::error(format("Parsing JSON failed: {}", GetParseError_En(d.GetParseError())));
diff --git a/test/alternator/test_manual_requests.py b/test/alternator/test_manual_requests.py
index c848aa265f..4920fa0cc4 100644
--- a/test/alternator/test_manual_requests.py
+++ b/test/alternator/test_manual_requests.py
@@ -81,6 +81,16 @@ def test_exceed_nested_level_a_little(dynamodb, test_table):
     with pytest.raises(ClientError, match='.*Exception.*nested'):
         test_table.put_item(Item={'p': p, 'c': c, 'nested': nested})
 
+# Test that we indeed allow the maximum level of 32 nested objects
+def test_almost_exceed_nested_level(dynamodb, test_table):
+    p = 'xxx'
+    c = 'yyy'
+    nested = dict()
+    nested_it = nested
+    for i in range(30): # 30 added levels + top level + the item itself == 32 total
+        nested_it['a'] = dict()
+        nested_it = nested_it['a']
+    test_table.put_item(Item={'p': p, 'c': c, 'nested': nested})
 
 def test_too_large_request(dynamodb, test_table):
     p = 'abc'