diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 0a3c75348ea..6fcb6b9a92a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -198,6 +198,8 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
     SYN packets from the client. (David Carlier)
   . Added the SO_EXCLBIND constant for exclusive socket binding on illumos/solaris.
     (David Carlier)
+  . Updated the socket_create_listen backlog argument default value to SOMAXCONN.
+    (David Carlier)
 
 - SNMP:
   . Removed the deprecated inet_ntoa call support. (David Carlier)
diff --git a/UPGRADING b/UPGRADING
index 02c2ebafd76..5366b421624 100644
--- a/UPGRADING
+++ b/UPGRADING
@@ -387,6 +387,10 @@ PHP 8.4 UPGRADE NOTES
   . posix_isatty now sets the error number when the file descriptor/stream argument
     is invalid.
 
+- Sockets:
+  . Parameter $backlog of socket_create_listen() now has a default value of SOMAXCONN.
+    Previously, it was 128.
+
 - SPL:
   . SplPriorityQueue::insert() and SplPriorityQueue::recoverFromCorruption()
     now has a tentative return type of true
diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets.c b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
index 8a15e98c44c..1de50d9f887 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets.c
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ ZEND_GET_MODULE(sockets)
 static bool php_open_listen_sock(php_socket *sock, int port, int backlog) /* {{{ */
 {
 	struct sockaddr_in  la = {0};
-	struct hostent		*hp;
+	struct hostent	    *hp;
 
 #ifndef PHP_WIN32
 	if ((hp = php_network_gethostbyname("0.0.0.0")) == NULL) {
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(socket_select)
 PHP_FUNCTION(socket_create_listen)
 {
 	php_socket	*php_sock;
-	zend_long		port, backlog = 128;
+	zend_long	port, backlog = SOMAXCONN;
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "l|l", &port, &backlog) == FAILURE) {
 		RETURN_THROWS();
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(socket_listen)
 {
 	zval		*arg1;
 	php_socket	*php_sock;
-	zend_long		backlog = 0;
+	zend_long	backlog = 0;
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS(), "O|l", &arg1, socket_ce, &backlog) == FAILURE) {
 		RETURN_THROWS();
diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets.stub.php b/ext/sockets/sockets.stub.php
index 502fff2e0f1..00062610b7e 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets.stub.php
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets.stub.php
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ final class AddressInfo
 
 function socket_select(?array &$read, ?array &$write, ?array &$except, ?int $seconds, int $microseconds = 0): int|false {}
 
-function socket_create_listen(int $port, int $backlog = 128): Socket|false {}
+function socket_create_listen(int $port, int $backlog = SOMAXCONN): Socket|false {}
 
 function socket_accept(Socket $socket): Socket|false {}
 
diff --git a/ext/sockets/sockets_arginfo.h b/ext/sockets/sockets_arginfo.h
index 6697db704c7..50c5e114c8e 100644
--- a/ext/sockets/sockets_arginfo.h
+++ b/ext/sockets/sockets_arginfo.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* This is a generated file, edit the .stub.php file instead.
- * Stub hash: 98bd7f47a1aa8d1c2cb40bf768115da2633f56fb */
+ * Stub hash: 88a8e188f73c18c510eb984586b21109b347f251 */
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_socket_select, 0, 4, MAY_BE_LONG|MAY_BE_FALSE)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(1, read, IS_ARRAY, 1)
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_OBJ_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_socket_create_listen, 0, 1, Socket, MAY_BE_FALSE)
 	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO(0, port, IS_LONG, 0)
-	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(0, backlog, IS_LONG, 0, "128")
+	ZEND_ARG_TYPE_INFO_WITH_DEFAULT_VALUE(0, backlog, IS_LONG, 0, "SOMAXCONN")
 ZEND_END_ARG_INFO()
 
 ZEND_BEGIN_ARG_WITH_RETURN_OBJ_TYPE_MASK_EX(arginfo_socket_accept, 0, 1, Socket, MAY_BE_FALSE)